AMD Radeon 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540X Mobile 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 954 MHz
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 993 MHz
1636.6x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3100 vs 2486
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3100 vs 2486
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8350 vs 6325
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 278 vs 172

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 28 June 2016
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100 vs 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100 vs 2486
Geekbench - OpenCL	8350 vs 6325
PassMark - G2D Mark	278 vs 172

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

610.1x better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 1349
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 1349
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 1472

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587 vs 1349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587 vs 1349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3355
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516 vs 1472

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

3587

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

3587

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8350

6325

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

172

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1472

1516

Name	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1349	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1349	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3357
Geekbench - OpenCL	8350	6325
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	172
PassMark - G3D Mark	1472	1516
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		585

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Lexa	GM108
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	28 June 2016
Place in performance rating	925	1071
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	993 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	954 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	384
Pixel fill rate	9.80 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	23.83 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_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	6000 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus