Intel HD Graphics P530 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics P530 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P530

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1161 vs 1127
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 267 vs 155
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1161 vs 1127
PassMark - G2D Mark 267 vs 155

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • Around 18% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1740 MB
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5965 vs 4486
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 767
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 767
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1158
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1158
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 2014
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 2014
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1072 MHz vs 350 MHz
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1740 MB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5965 vs 4486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3065 vs 767
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3065 vs 767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 vs 2014

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics P530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1161
1127
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
267
155
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4486
5965
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
767
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
767
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1158
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1158
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
2132
Name Intel HD Graphics P530 NVIDIA GeForce 940M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1161 1127
PassMark - G2D Mark 267 155
Geekbench - OpenCL 4486 5965
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 767 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 767 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1158 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1158 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2014 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2014 2132
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics P530 NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Maxwell
Code name Skylake GT2 GM108
Launch date 1 September 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1209 1211
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 1072 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,870 million
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1740 MB 2 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 DDR3
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus