GeForce 930M vs Radeon HD 6990M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 930M and Radeon HD 6990M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 930M stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 930M and Radeon HD 6990M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 930M and Radeon HD 6990M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce 930M or Radeon HD 6990M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 930M Radeon HD 6990M
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6990M has 203% more power consumption, than GeForce 930M.
  • GeForce 930M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 6990M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce 930M and Radeon HD 6990M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 930M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 930M is 213 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.
  • GeForce 930M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 930M is 900 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 14−16
ultra / 1080p 1−2 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 12−14 30−33
medium / 1080p 4−5 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 260% more, than GeForce 930M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 930M Radeon HD 6990M
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP Blackcomb XTX
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2015 12 July 2011
Pipelines 384 1120
Core clock speed 928 MHz 715 MHz
Boost Clock 941 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 22.58 40.04
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops 1,601.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 84 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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