NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs AMD Radeon HD 6370M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940M and AMD Radeon HD 6370M 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 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • 4.7x more texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
  • 4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
  • 7.5x better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 120 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1126 vs 276
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5931 vs 2744
  • 7.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.307 vs 0.171
  • 7.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 281
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 1297
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1885
  • 7.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 281
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 1297
  • Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1885
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 26 November 2010
Core clock speed 1072 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 80
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops vs 120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1126 vs 276
Geekbench - OpenCL 5931 vs 2744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.307 vs 0.171
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 vs 281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3065 vs 1297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 1885
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 vs 281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3065 vs 1297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 1885

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6370M

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 401 vs 154
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 11 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 401 vs 154

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6370M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1126
276
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
154
401
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5931
2744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.307
0.171
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2132
281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3065
1297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1885
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2132
281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3065
1297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1885
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940M AMD Radeon HD 6370M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1126 276
PassMark - G2D Mark 154 401
Geekbench - OpenCL 5931 2744
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.307 0.171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3065 1297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 1885
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3065 1297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 1885
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 940M AMD Radeon HD 6370M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM108 Robson
Launch date 13 March 2015 26 November 2010
Place in performance rating 1226 1228
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 80
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s 6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 11 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 292 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus