NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M 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 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 22.7 billion / sec
  • Around 66% better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 544.5 gflops
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1127 vs 936
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5982 vs 2683
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.98 vs 8.493
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.307 vs 0.863
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.837 vs 17.242
  • 5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 101.399 vs 19.116
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1913
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1913
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 1 October 2012
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s vs 22.7 billion / sec
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops vs 544.5 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1127 vs 936
Geekbench - OpenCL 5982 vs 2683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.98 vs 8.493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.307 vs 0.863
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.837 vs 17.242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 101.399 vs 19.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3341

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M

  • Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 164 vs 154
  • Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 285.42 vs 168.449
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3670 vs 3065
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3670 vs 3065
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 164 vs 154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 285.42 vs 168.449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3670 vs 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3670 vs 3065

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1127
936
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
154
164
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5982
2683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.98
8.493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
168.449
285.42
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.307
0.863
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.837
17.242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
101.399
19.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2132
1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3065
3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2132
1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3065
3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3341
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940M NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1127 936
PassMark - G2D Mark 154 164
Geekbench - OpenCL 5982 2683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.98 8.493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 168.449 285.42
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.307 0.863
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.837 17.242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 101.399 19.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3065 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3065 3670
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 940M NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM108 GK107
Launch date 13 March 2015 1 October 2012
Place in performance rating 1184 1187
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1072 MHz
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 544.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s 22.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 32 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,270 million
CUDA cores 384

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

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 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3\GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11