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    GeForce 930M vs Radeon R9 M290X

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 930M and Radeon R9 M290X, 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 R9 M290X, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce 930M and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 930M and Radeon R9 M290X 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 R9 M290X here:

    GeForce 930M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 930M Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M290X has 203% more power consumption, than GeForce 930M.
    • GeForce 930M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 M290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 M290X has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 930M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 930M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce 930M is 78 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • GeForce 930M and Radeon R9 M290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce 930M is 600 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 2−3 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 12−14 30−35
    medium / 1080p 4−5 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 300% more, than GeForce 930M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 930M Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 7 January 2014
    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 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 84 Mh/s 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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