AMD Radeon E9171 MCM vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9171 MCM and NVIDIA GeForce 940M 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: 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), 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.

AMD Radeon E9171 MCM

NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9171 MCM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1072 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
Around 38% better floating-point performance: 1,248 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 27.321 vs 25.98
5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 924.953 vs 168.449
Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.499 vs 1.307
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.632 vs 21.837

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 October 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1072 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.321 vs 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	924.953 vs 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.499 vs 1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.632 vs 21.837

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 101.399 vs 97.705

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	101.399 vs 97.705

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9171 MCM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27.321

25.98

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

924.953

168.449

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.499

1.307

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

52.632

21.837

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

97.705

101.399

Name	AMD Radeon E9171 MCM	NVIDIA GeForce 940M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.321	25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	924.953	168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.499	1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.632	21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	97.705	101.399
PassMark - G3D Mark		1125
PassMark - G2D Mark		155
Geekbench - OpenCL		5926
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		506

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E9171 MCM	NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Lexa	GM108
Launch date	3 October 2017	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1226	1228
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	1072 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops	903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	384
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s	28.22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	33 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
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus