GeForce 9300M G vs Radeon R5 M255

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1001not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTopazG86
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 October 2014 (10 years ago)1 February 2008 (16 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 cores38416
Compute units5no data
Core clock speed925 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed940 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data13 Watt
Texture fill rate22.563.200
Floating-point processing power0.7219 TFLOPS0.0256 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs248

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 supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s9.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

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
Eyefinity+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1111.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.34.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCLNot Listed1.1
Vulkan-N/A
Mantle+-
CUDA-1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R5 M255 536
+538%
9300M G 84

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2014 1 February 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm

R5 M255 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M255 and GeForce 9300M G. We've got no test results to judge.


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