NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs Intel HD Graphics P4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and Intel HD Graphics P4000 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Intel HD Graphics P4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 45 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1107 vs 516
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3615 vs 2225
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3615 vs 2225
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 2461
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 2461

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 14 May 2012
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 650 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107 vs 516
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615 vs 2225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615 vs 2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 2461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 2461

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics P4000

Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1124 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 636 vs 214

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	636 vs 214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics P4000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

636

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

2225

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

2225

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

2461

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

2461

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	Intel HD Graphics P4000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	516
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615	2225
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615	2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	2461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	2461
Geekbench - OpenCL		1071

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	Intel HD Graphics P4000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Generation 7.0
Code name	GM108	Ivy Bridge GT2
Launch date	13 March 2015	14 May 2012
Place in performance rating	723	615
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count		1,200 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)	11.1 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz
Memory type	DDR3