AMD Radeon R9 M375 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M375 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: 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 R9 M375

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 40.6 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 44% better floating-point performance: 1,299 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 166 vs 153
  • Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10236 vs 5791
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 29.048 vs 25.98
  • Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 272.547 vs 168.449
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.024 vs 1.307
  • Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.994 vs 21.837
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 142.872 vs 101.399
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2227 vs 2132
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2227 vs 2132
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate 40.6 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,299 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 166 vs 153
Geekbench - OpenCL 10236 vs 5791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.048 vs 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 272.547 vs 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.024 vs 1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.994 vs 21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 142.872 vs 101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2227 vs 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2227 vs 2132

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1015 MHz
  • Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1123 vs 980
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 1850
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2112
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 1850
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2112
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1072 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz vs 1015 MHz
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1123 vs 980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3065 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 2112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3065 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 2112

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M375
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
980
1123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
166
153
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10236
5791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
29.048
25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
272.547
168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.024
1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
35.994
21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
142.872
101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2227
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2112
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2227
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2112
3357
Name AMD Radeon R9 M375 NVIDIA GeForce 940M
PassMark - G3D Mark 980 1123
PassMark - G2D Mark 166 153
Geekbench - OpenCL 10236 5791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.048 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 272.547 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.024 1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.994 21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 142.872 101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2227 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1850 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2112 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2227 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1850 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2112 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M375 NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Tropo GM108
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1221 1222
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1015 MHz 1176 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 1072 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,299 gflops 903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 384
Texture fill rate 40.6 GTexel / s 28.22 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,870 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized 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 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus