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NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

The Nvidia GeForce 930MX is an entry-level DirectX 12 graphics card for laptops that was announced in the first quarter of 2016. It is the refresh of the GeForce 930M and now supports GDDR5 graphics memory. It is based on the same GM108 chip and may feature slightly increased clock rates.

The performance will depend on the used graphics memory. With fast GDDR5 it should be similar or slightly faster than the Maxwell GPU in the Surface Book. With DDR3 it performs be somewhere between the old 930M and 940M. That means that only non demanding games of 2017 run fluently (in lowest detail settings) on the GeForce 930M. Games with low demands like Dota 2 or Path of Exile should run in higher detail settings and resolution.

The power consumption should be quite similar to the 930M and 940M and therefore also suited for smaller laptops.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce 900M Series
GeForce 945M (compare) 512 @ 928 - 1045 (Boost) MHz128 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5) (compare) 384 @ 954 - 993 (Boost) MHz64 Bit @ 5012 MHz
GeForce 940MX (compare) 384 @ 1122 - 1242 (Boost) MHz64 Bit @ 4000 MHz
GeForce 940M (compare) 384 @ 1072 - 1176 (Boost) MHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
GeForce 930MX 384 @ 952 - 1020 (Boost) MHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
GeForce 930M (compare) 384 @ 928 - 941 (Boost) MHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 920MX (compare) 256 @ 965 - 993 (Boost) MHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 920M (compare) 384 @ 954 MHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 910M (compare) 384 @ 641 MHz64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
CodenameN16S-GMR
ArchitectureMaxwell
Pipelines384 - unified
Core Speed952 - 1020 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed2000 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5/DDR3
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
technology28 nm
FeaturesGPU Boost 2.0, Optimus, PhysX, CUDA, GeForce Experience
Date of Announcement10.03.2016
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook...

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Graphics 1920x1080
min: 58151     avg: 58991     median: 58991 (8%)     max: 59831 Points
3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Score 1280x720
min: 6639     avg: 7226     median: 7025.5 (12%)     max: 8611 Points
3DMark - Cloud Gate Standard Graphics 1280x720
min: 8187     avg: 8918.7     median: 9053 (5%)     max: 9122 Points
3DMark - Fire Strike Score 1920x1080
min: 1340     avg: 1424.3     median: 1427 (5%)     max: 1491 Points
3DMark - Fire Strike Graphics 1920x1080
min: 1502     avg: 1593.8     median: 1597 (4%)     max: 1660 Points
3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Graphics 1280x720
min: 54961     avg: 69103.2     median: 69562.5 (9%)     max: 82327 Points
3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
min: 2100     avg: 2331.3     median: 2339 (7%)     max: 2568 points
3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
min: 2092     avg: 2215     median: 2201.5 (4%)     max: 2376 points
3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +
SPECviewperf 11
Siemens NX 1920x1080 +
Tcvis 1920x1080 +
SolidWorks 1920x1080 +
Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080 +
Maya 1920x1080 +
Lightwave 1920x1080 +
Ensight 1920x1080 +
Catia 1920x1080 +
SPECviewperf 12
Solidworks (sw-03) 1900x1060 +
Siemens NX (snx-02) 1900x1060 +
Showcase (showcase-01) 1900x1060 +
Medical (medical-01) 1900x1060 +
Maya (maya-04) 1900x1060 +
Energy (energy-01) 1900x1060 +
Creo (creo-01) 1900x1060 +
Catia (catia-04) 1900x1060 +
Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +
Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +
Cinebench R15
OpenGL 64Bit +
Ref. Match 64Bit +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 1920x1080 +
T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Room GPUs-only
min: 264     avg: 290     median: 264 (5%)     max: 342 Samples/s
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - Sala GPUs-only
min: 543     avg: 571     median: 544 (5%)     max: 626 Samples/s
ComputeMark v2.1 - Normal, Score 1024x600
min: 1535     avg: 1587.5     median: 1587.5 (6%)     max: 1640 Points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1280x720
43  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
16.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
13.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
30.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
15.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
12.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
60  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
36.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
16.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
23  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
10  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Destiny 2

Destiny 2

2017
low 1280x720
30  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
13.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
10.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7.9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
ELEX

ELEX

2017
low 1280x720
27.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
12.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
10.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7.4  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
30  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
12  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
FIFA 18

FIFA 18

2017
low 1280x720
124  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
65.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
52  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
49.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
F1 2017

F1 2017

2017
low 1280x720
45  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
21  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
16  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
41.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
16.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
14.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
9.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
105  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
100  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
75  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
41  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
89.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
30.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Prey

Prey

2017
low 1280x720
56  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
21.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
17.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
26.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
10.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
9.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
3.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
For Honor

For Honor

2017
low 1280x720
43.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1920x1080
14.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
13.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
61.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
50.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
27.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
22.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
133.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
85.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
34.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
23.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
45.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
29.7  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
13.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
22.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
15.3  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
7.9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1280x720
42.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
25.6  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
11.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Overwatch

Overwatch

2016
low 1280x720
74.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
52.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
23.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Doom

Doom

2016
low 1280x720
37.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
29.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
15  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
34.9 35.3 ~ 35 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
19.6 20.1 ~ 20 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
10.9  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
69.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
39.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
21.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
38.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
29.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
15.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
54  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
32.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
14.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1366x768
122  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
85.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
38.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
91  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
74  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
35.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
33.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
27 28 28 ~ 28 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
22 23 24 ~ 23 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
11 11 11 ~ 11 fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
27 30.1 30.5 ~ 29 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
18.3 18.5 20 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
8 10 10.2 ~ 9 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
6  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
156.1 161 ~ 159 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
58 58.7 ~ 58 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
31 31.1 ~ 31 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13 13 ~ 13 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
83.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
57.4  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
19.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
55.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
35.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
12.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Sims 4

Sims 4

2014
low 1024x768
186  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
81.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
40.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
30.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
46.9  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
27.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
66.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
46.4  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
30.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
med. 1366x768
60.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
51.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
37.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
29.3  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
17.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
43 49.1 50 ~ 47 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
34 37.4 39 ~ 37 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
21 22 22.3 ~ 22 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11 11.2 ~ 11 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
63 93.7 94.8 97.3 ~ 87 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
46 50.8 51.2 52.8 53.1 ~ 51 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
41.1 41.8 42.9 43.9 46 ~ 43 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13 14.3 14.4 14.6 14.6 ~ 14 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
134.6 136 ~ 135 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
62.3 65.4 ~ 64 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
34.9 36.4 ~ 36 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17.7 17.7 ~ 18 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
139.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
94.6  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
80  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
47.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
med. 1024x768
61.1  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
49.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
29.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
300.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1360x768
83.3  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
45.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
24.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
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Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce 930MX graphics card

HP Envy x360 15t-w200: Intel Core i7-7500U, 15.6", 2.3 kg
  Review » HP Envy x360 15t-w200 Convertible Review

HP ProBook 440 G4-Y8B51EA: Intel Core i7-7500U, 14", 1.7 kg
  Review » HP ProBook 440 G4 (Core i7, Full-HD) Notebook Review

HP ProBook 450 G4 Y8B60EA: Intel Core i7-7500U, 15.6", 2 kg
  Review » HP ProBook 450 G4 Y8B60EA Notebook Review

HP ProBook 470 G4: Intel Core i7-7500U, 17.3", 2.8 kg
  Review » HP ProBook 470 G4 Notebook Review

HP ProBook 470 G5: Intel Core i5-8250U, 17.3", 2.5 kg
  Review » HP ProBook 470 G5 (i5-8250U, 930MX, SSD, FHD) Laptop Review

Asus Pro P5430UF: Intel Core i7-6500U, 14", 1.7 kg
  External Review » Asus Pro P5430UF

Asus R558UR-DM515T : Intel Core i5-7200U, 15.6", 2.3 kg
  External Review » Asus R558UR-DM515T

Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP410UR-EC135R: Intel Core i5-8250U, 14", 1.6 kg
  External Review » Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP410UR-EC135R

Dell Latitude 14 5480-9187: Intel Core i5-7440HQ, 14", 1.6 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 14 5480-9187

HP ProBook 450 G4 Y8B60EA: Intel Core i7-7500U, 15.6", 2 kg
  External Review » HP ProBook 450 G4 Y8B60EA

HP ProBook 450 G5-2UB54EA: Intel Core i5-8250U, 15.6", 2.1 kg
  External Review » HP ProBook 450 G5-2UB54EA

HP ProBook 450 G5-3KZ00EA: Intel Core i7-8550U, 15.6", 2 kg
  External Review » HP ProBook 450 G5-3KZ00EA

HP ProBook 470 G4: Intel Core i7-7500U, 17.3", 2.8 kg
  External Review » HP ProBook 470 G4

HP ProBook 470 G5: Intel Core i7-8550U, 17.3", 2.5 kg
  External Review » HP ProBook 470 G5

HP ProBook 470 G5-2TT74UT: Intel Core i7-8550U, 17.3", 2.5 kg
  External Review » HP ProBook 470 G5-2TT74UT

» Comparison of GPUs
Detailed list of all laptop GPUs sorted by class and performance.

» Benchmark List
Sort and restrict laptop GPUs based on performance in synthetic benchmarks.

» Notebook Gaming List
Playable games for each graphics card and their average FPS results.

Class 1
Radeon VII
Radeon RX 580X (Laptop) *
Radeon RX 570X (Laptop) *
Class 2
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6970
Radeon RX 550X (Laptop) *
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Radeon HD 5850
Radeon HD 7770
Radeon HD 7770
GeForce GTX 460 768MB
Radeon HD 6790
Radeon HD 5770
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Radeon HD 4850
Class 3
GeForce GTS 450
Radeon HD 5670
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 430
Class 4
Radeon HD 5570
GeForce GT 220
Class 5
Radeon HD 4350
GeForce G 107M *
Chrome9HD *
Class 6
unknown *

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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