NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 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 Radeon X2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 460 MHz
2.4x more boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 460 MHz
9.8x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 384 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 800 MHz
13.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1107 vs 82

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 460 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107 vs 82

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 235 vs 214

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	235 vs 214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

235

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	235
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 Radeon X2500
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	R500
Code name	GM108	M66
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	734	737
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	460 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384	12
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	1.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count		157 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)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	64 / 128
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0