AMD Radeon R8 M350DX vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M350DX 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1330 vs 506
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19471 vs 5982

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 December 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330 vs 506
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471 vs 5982

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 955 MHz
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 1843
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 1843
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1662
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1662

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1072 MHz vs 955 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3065 vs 1843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3065 vs 1843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1662
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1662

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M350DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

3065

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

3065

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1330

506

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19471

5982

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

3357

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1843	3065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1843	3065
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330	506
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471	5982
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1662	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1662	3357
PassMark - G3D Mark		1127
PassMark - G2D Mark		154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2132

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Jet	GM108
Launch date	12 December 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1183	1184
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	955 MHz	1072 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,870 million
Floating-point performance		903.2 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		28.22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus