AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 940A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 2002 MHz

Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 2002 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 973 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1073 MHz
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 973 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1073 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 940A
Geekbench - OpenCL	32265
PassMark - G3D Mark		1107
PassMark - G2D Mark		214
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 940A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Ellesmere	GM108
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	720	723
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	1029 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		863.2 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		17.98 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	2002 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR3