NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and ATI Radeon X600 PRO 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
11.2x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 36 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 600 MHz
16.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1107 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 36 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107 vs 67

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 PRO

Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 252 vs 214

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	252 vs 214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

252

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	ATI Radeon X600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	252
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 Radeon X600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rage 9
Code name	GM108	RV370
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	715	712
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count		107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR