NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 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 690

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940A

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 915 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1019 MHz
9.1x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3615 vs 1849
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3615 vs 1849
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 1673
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 1673

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 3 May 2012
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1019 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615 vs 1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 1673

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

13x more texture fill rate: 234 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 384
7.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,130 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 1 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 2002 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 1107
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 465 vs 214

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	234 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5 vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5590 vs 1107
PassMark - G2D Mark	465 vs 214

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1107

5590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

214

465

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3615

1849

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

1673

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

1673

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
PassMark - G3D Mark	1107	5590
PassMark - G2D Mark	214	465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3615	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3615	1849
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	1673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	1673
Geekbench - OpenCL		16270
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		46.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		930.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		97.861
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6875
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM108	GK104
Launch date	13 March 2015	3 May 2012
Place in performance rating	723	735
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999
Value for money (0-100)		7.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1019 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	2x 3,130 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	234 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	300 Watt
CUDA cores		3072
Transistor count		3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort, Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini...
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		11.0" (27.9 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		Two 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	384 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA