Radeon R7 240 OEM vs GeForce 930MX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking739not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.43no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM108Oland
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2016 (8 years ago)1 November 2013 (11 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 cores384320
Core clock speed952 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speed1020 MHz780 MHz
Number of transistorsno data950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate24.4815.60
Floating-point processing power0.7834 TFLOPS0.4992 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs2420

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 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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, GDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s28.8 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

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)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2016 1 November 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 50 Watt

GeForce 930MX has an age advantage of 2 years, and 194.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 930MX and Radeon R7 240 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 930MX is a notebook card while Radeon R7 240 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
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