NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce 940A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
6.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 219 Watt
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1900 MHz (3800 data rate)
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3325
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 7 December 2010
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 219 Watt
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz vs 1900 MHz (3800 data rate)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1464 MHz vs 1029 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 43.9 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
Around 63% better floating-point performance: 1,405.4 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 1280 MB vs 1 GB
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3926 vs 1107
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 470 vs 214
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3668 vs 3615
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3668 vs 3615

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1464 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.9 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,405.4 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	1280 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3926 vs 1107
PassMark - G2D Mark	470 vs 214
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3668 vs 3615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3668 vs 3615

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

3926

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

470

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

3668

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

3668

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3325

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	3926
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	470
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615	3668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615	3668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	3325
Geekbench - OpenCL		13266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		36.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		736.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		40.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		122.953
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4862
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4862
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GM108	GF110
Launch date	13 March 2015	7 December 2010
Place in performance rating	731	734
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		48.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	1464 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	1,405.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	480
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	43.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	219 Watt
CUDA cores		480
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Transistor count		3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		3-way
Supplementary power connectors		Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1280 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	152.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1900 MHz (3800 data rate)
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround