NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 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 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 753 MHz
• 2.7x more pipelines: 384 vs 144
• 2.3x better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 388.8 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1127 vs 653
• Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 112
• 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5982 vs 2915
• 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.98 vs 7.699
• Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.307 vs 0.727
• Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.837 vs 12.581
• 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 101.399 vs 21.909
• Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1134
• Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 2265
• Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2827
• Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1134
• Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 2265
• Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2827

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

• Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 252.895 vs 168.449

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1127 653
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	154 112
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	5982 2915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	25.98 7.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	168.449 252.895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.307 0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.837 12.581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	101.399 21.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2132 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3065 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 2827
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2132 1134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3065 2265
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 2827

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