NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and AMD Radeon HD 8870M 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: 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), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 725 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 725 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 15% better floating-point performance: 992.0 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1638 vs 1107
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 214
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3702 vs 3615
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3702 vs 3615

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1638 vs 1107
PassMark - G2D Mark	629 vs 214
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3702 vs 3615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3702 vs 3615

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8870M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

1638

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

629

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

3702

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

3702

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3357

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	1638
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	3357
Geekbench - OpenCL		9907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		106.848

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	AMD Radeon HD 8870M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Venus
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	723	726
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	725 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Compute units		10
Transistor count		1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0