NVIDIA GeForce 940A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 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 month(s) later
- Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 944 MHz
- Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 950 MHz
- Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
- Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3615 vs 2566
- Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3615 vs 2566
- 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 9 January 2015 |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz vs 944 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz vs 950 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt vs 50 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3615 vs 2566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3615 vs 2566 |
| 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 965M
- 4.1x more texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
- 2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
- 2.7x better floating-point performance: 2,355 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 2002 MHz
- 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3797 vs 1107
- Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 336 vs 214
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 73.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1024 vs 384 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,355 gflops vs 863.2 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 1 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz vs 2002 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3797 vs 1107 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 336 vs 214 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce 940A | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1107 | 3797 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 214 | 336 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3615 | 2566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3615 | 2566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 | 3337 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 | 3337 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 14288 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 67.59 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 720.592 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.903 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 57.947 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 223.296 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5783 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5783 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1831 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce 940A | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | GM108 | GM204 |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 9 January 2015 |
| Place in performance rating | 730 | 731 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 944 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 863.2 gflops | 2,355 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 384 | 1024 |
| Texture fill rate | 17.98 GTexel / s | 73.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | 50 Watt |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
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| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | 1 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 16.02 GB / s | 80 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2002 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
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