NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 941 MHz
- Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 967 MHz
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 100 Watt
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 12 March 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz vs 941 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz vs 967 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 vs 3353 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 vs 3353 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
- 6x more texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
- 3.5x more pipelines: 1344 vs 384
- 3x better floating-point performance: 2,599 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
- 3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
- 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3450 vs 1107
- Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 276 vs 214
- Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3615
- Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3615
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 108.3 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1344 vs 384 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,599 gflops vs 863.2 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3450 vs 1107 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 276 vs 214 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 vs 3615 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 vs 3615 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce 940A | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1107 | 3450 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 214 | 276 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3615 | 3718 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3615 | 3718 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 | 3353 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 | 3353 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12462 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 34.836 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 960.114 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.038 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 59.57 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 81.753 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 6350 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 6350 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1336 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce 940A | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell | Kepler |
| Code name | GM108 | GK104 |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 12 March 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 723 | 725 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | 967 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 941 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 863.2 gflops | 2,599 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 384 | 1344 |
| Texture fill rate | 17.98 GTexel / s | 108.3 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | 100 Watt |
| CUDA cores | 1344 | |
| Transistor count | 3,540 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| HDCP content protection | ||
| HDMI | ||
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 16.02 GB / s | 120.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2002 MHz | |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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| BatteryBoost | ||
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| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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