NVIDIA GeForce 930M vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930M 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 NVIDIA GeForce 930M

  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 3065
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 3065
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 vs 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 vs 3065

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 928 MHz
  • Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 941 MHz
  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1125 vs 1014
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 155 vs 150
  • Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5926 vs 5144
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.98 vs 22.344
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 168.449 vs 166.907
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.307 vs 1.225
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.837 vs 19.899
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 101.399 vs 84.246
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1987
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1987
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1072 MHz vs 928 MHz
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz vs 941 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1125 vs 1014
PassMark - G2D Mark 155 vs 150
Geekbench - OpenCL 5926 vs 5144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.98 vs 22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 168.449 vs 166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.307 vs 1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.837 vs 19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 101.399 vs 84.246
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 vs 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 vs 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1014
1125
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
150
155
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5144
5926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.344
25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
166.907
168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.225
1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.899
21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.246
101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1987
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1987
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3357
Name NVIDIA GeForce 930M NVIDIA GeForce 940M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1014 1125
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 155
Geekbench - OpenCL 5144 5926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.344 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 166.907 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.225 1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.899 21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.246 101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1987 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1987 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 506

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 930M NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name GM108 GM108
Launch date 13 March 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1227 1228
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 941 MHz 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 928 MHz 1072 MHz
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops 903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 22.58 GTexel / s 28.22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus