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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1107
3792
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
214
335
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3615
2566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3615
2566
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 965M
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

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

Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI