NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs Intel HD Graphics 2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and Intel HD Graphics 2000 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

Intel HD Graphics 2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 850 MHz
64x more pipelines: 384 vs 6
84.6x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1107 vs 213
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 1039
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 1039

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 850 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 6
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107 vs 213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 1039

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1124 MHz
47.3x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 214

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate	850 MTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	456 vs 214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

213

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

456

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

1039

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

1039

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	Intel HD Graphics 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	213
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	456
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	1039

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	Intel HD Graphics 2000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Generation 6.0
Code name	GM108	Sandy Bridge GT1
Launch date	13 March 2015	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	715	718
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384	6
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	850 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count		189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1