NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and ATI Mobility FireGL V3200 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.8x more boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 400 MHz
11.2x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
96x more pipelines: 384 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 500 MHz
17.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1107 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107 vs 62

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 238 vs 214

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	238 vs 214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

238

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	ATI Mobility FireGL V3200
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	62
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	238
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)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	ATI Mobility FireGL V3200
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rage 9
Code name	GM108	M24
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	731	728
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	400 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384	4
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count		75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	128
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PCIe