ATI Mobility Radeon 9500 vs GeForce 930MX

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking732not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.66no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameGM108M10
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 March 2016 (8 years ago)1 June 2004 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384no data
Core clock speed952 MHz230 MHz
Boost clock speed1020 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data76 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)17 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.480.92
Floating-point processing power0.7834 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs244

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3, GDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz190 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s3.04 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.52.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2016 1 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

GeForce 930MX has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 930MX and Mobility Radeon 9500. We've got no test results to judge.


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