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    GeForce 930M vs Radeon HD 8970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 930M and Radeon HD 8970M, 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 8970M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce 930M and Radeon HD 8970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 930M and Radeon HD 8970M 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 8970M here:

    GeForce 930M Laptops
    Radeon HD 8970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 930M Radeon HD 8970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 8970M has 203% more power consumption, than GeForce 930M.
    • GeForce 930M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 8970M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon HD 8970M has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 930M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 930M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 8970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce 930M is 78 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8970M.
    • GeForce 930M and Radeon HD 8970M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 3000 MHz higher, than GeForce 930M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 2−3 20−22
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 6−7
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 12−14 35−40
    medium / 1080p 4−5 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 380% more, than GeForce 930M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 930M Radeon HD 8970M
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 15 May 2013
    Pipelines 384 1280
    Core clock speed 928 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 941 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 22.58 72.00
    Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 84 Mh/s 273 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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