AMD Radeon RX 560D vs NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560D 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 560D

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560D

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 1124 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 65.8 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
2.4x better floating-point performance: 2,106 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3705 vs 3615
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3705 vs 3615

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 July 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate	65.8 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705 vs 3615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705 vs 3615

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 65 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3615

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3705

3615

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3361

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560D	NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705	3615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705	3615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	3361
PassMark - G3D Mark		1107
PassMark - G2D Mark		214

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560D	NVIDIA GeForce 940A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Polaris 21	GM108
Launch date	4 July 2017	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	731	723
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1175 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	1029 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,106 gflops	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	384
Texture fill rate	65.8 GTexel / s	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2002 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3