AMD Radeon 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon 530

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 954 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 993 MHz
1031.5x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Around 5% better floating-point performance: 800 GFLOPs vs 762.6 gflops
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 172

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 28 June 2016
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs vs 762.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	176 vs 172

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1519 vs 1026
Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6339 vs 5009
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 2021
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 2246
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 2021
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 2246
Around 16% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 585 vs 506

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1519 vs 1026
Geekbench - OpenCL	6339 vs 5009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2486 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	585 vs 506

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1026

1519

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

172

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5009

6339

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3587

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3587

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

506

585

Name	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1026	1519
PassMark - G2D Mark	176	172
Geekbench - OpenCL	5009	6339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2021	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2246	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2021	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2246	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506	585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		28.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		312.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		103.937

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Maxwell
Code name	Meso	GM108
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	28 June 2016
Place in performance rating	1106	1107
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	993 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	954 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Pixel fill rate	8.20 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	320/384
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s	23.83 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count		1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	DDR3/GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus