NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940M and NVIDIA GeForce 830M 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 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • Around 53% better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1126 vs 1010
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 136
  • Around 43% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5931 vs 4160
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.98 vs 16.955
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 168.449 vs 156.544
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.307 vs 1.013
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.837 vs 17.81
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 101.399 vs 67.443
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1729
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1729
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1126 vs 1010
PassMark - G2D Mark 154 vs 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 5931 vs 4160
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.98 vs 16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 168.449 vs 156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.307 vs 1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.837 vs 17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 101.399 vs 67.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 vs 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3352

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830M

  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 1072 MHz
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3589 vs 3065
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3589 vs 3065
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1082 MHz vs 1072 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3589 vs 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3589 vs 3065

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 830M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1126
1010
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
154
136
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5931
4160
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.98
16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
168.449
156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.307
1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.837
17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
101.399
67.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2132
1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3065
3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2132
1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3065
3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3352
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940M NVIDIA GeForce 830M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1126 1010
PassMark - G2D Mark 154 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 5931 4160
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.98 16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 168.449 156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.307 1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.837 17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 101.399 67.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3065 3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3065 3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 940M NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name GM108 GM108
Launch date 13 March 2015 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1226 1227
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 1082 MHz
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 588.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 256
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s 18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

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

Memory

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

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus