AMD Radeon R7 M340 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M340 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M340

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 943 MHz vs 914 MHz
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 943 MHz vs 914 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1021 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 651
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 152
  • Around 88% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9744 vs 5185
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.396 vs 13.48
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 373.644 vs 164.511
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.54 vs 0.943
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.412 vs 20.063
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.158 vs 74.38
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 1550
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1732
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1668
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 1550
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1732
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1668
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1021 MHz
Texture fill rate 44.96 GTexel / s vs 17.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 320
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops vs 549.1 gflops
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2577 vs 651
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 vs 152
Geekbench - OpenCL 9744 vs 5185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.396 vs 13.48
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 373.644 vs 164.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.54 vs 0.943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.412 vs 20.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.158 vs 74.38
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 vs 1550
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 1732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1668
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 vs 1550
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 1732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 1668

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M340
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
651
2577
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
152
217
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5185
9744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.48
42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
164.511
373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.943
2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.063
39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
74.38
139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1550
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1732
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1550
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1732
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1668
3358
Name AMD Radeon R7 M340 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G3D Mark 651 2577
PassMark - G2D Mark 152 217
Geekbench - OpenCL 5185 9744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.48 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 164.511 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.943 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.063 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 74.38 139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1550 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1732 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1668 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1550 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1732 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1668 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M340 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Maxwell
Code name Meso GM107
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1383 797
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1021 MHz 1124 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 943 MHz 914 MHz
Floating-point performance 549.1 gflops 1,439 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 640
Texture fill rate 17.16 GTexel / s 44.96 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,870 million
CUDA cores 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3 or GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI