NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 915 MHz
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • 4.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 333.7x more memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3337
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3337
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 16 August 2012
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 980 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3337

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

  • 5.7x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • 3.5x more pipelines: 1344 vs 384
  • 2.8x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4409 vs 1107
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 461 vs 214
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 3615
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 3615
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4409 vs 1107
PassMark - G2D Mark 461 vs 214
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 3615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 3615

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1107
4409
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
214
461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3615
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3615
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3337
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark 1107 4409
PassMark - G2D Mark 214 461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3615 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3615 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 3337
Geekbench - OpenCL 15192
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3285
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1616

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 940A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM108 GK104
Launch date 13 March 2015 16 August 2012
Place in performance rating 723 736
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Price now $321.99
Value for money (0-100) 17.34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz 980 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 915 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 1344
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 150 Watt
CUDA cores 1344
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 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 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 6.0 GB/s
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA