NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940M and AMD Radeon R9 M265X 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 11 month(s) later
• Around 86% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 575 MHz
• Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 625 MHz
• Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
• Around 13% better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
• Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1125 MHz
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.98 vs 20.633
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 101.399 vs 94.404
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1972
• Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 1765
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3214
• Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1972
• Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 1765
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3214

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M265X

• Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1143 vs 1127
• Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 155
• Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8850 vs 5982
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 525.038 vs 168.449
• Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.169 vs 1.307
• Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.076 vs 21.837

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M265X

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1127 1143
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	155 193
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	5982 8850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	25.98 20.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	168.449 525.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.307 2.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.837 37.076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	101.399 94.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2132 1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3065 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2132 1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3065 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3214

Compare specifications (specs)