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: 3792 vs 1107
- Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 335 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 | 3792 vs 1107 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 335 vs 214 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 940A | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1107 | 3792 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 214 | 335 |
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 | 14345 | |
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 | |
G-SYNC support | ||
HDMI | ||
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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BatteryBoost | ||
CUDA | ||
DSR | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
Optimus | ||
SLI |