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.

NVIDIA GeForce 940M

AMD Radeon HD 6370M

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: 1125 vs 276
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5926 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	1125 vs 276
Geekbench - OpenCL	5926 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 155

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	401 vs 155

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1125

276

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

401

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5926

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	1125	276
PassMark - G2D Mark	155	401
Geekbench - OpenCL	5926	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	1228	1230
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