NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs AMD FirePro W2100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940M and AMD FirePro W2100 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
• Around 70% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 630 MHz
• Around 73% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 680 MHz
• 2.1x more texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
• Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
• 2.1x better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 435.2 gflops
• 12.1x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 400 Watt
• Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1127 vs 859
• Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5965 vs 3710
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.98 vs 10.438
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.307 vs 0.991
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.837 vs 19.794
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 101.399 vs 50.338
• Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1494
• Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 2329
• Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1494
• Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 2329

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W2100

• 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 315 vs 155
• Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 289.646 vs 168.449
• 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1058 vs 506

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W2100

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1127 859
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	155 315
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	5965 3710
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	25.98 10.438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	168.449 289.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.307 0.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.837 19.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	101.399 50.338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2132 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3065 2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2132 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3065 2329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	506 1058

Compare specifications (specs)