NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 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 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
- Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec
- 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
- Around 74% better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
- Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5931 vs 4119
- 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.98 vs 11.121
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.307 vs 1.105
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.837 vs 18.548
- 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 101.399 vs 32.965
- Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1699
- Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 2837
- Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1699
- Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 2837
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 3 September 2010 |
Texture fill rate | 28.22 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 384 vs 192 |
Floating-point performance | 903.2 gflops vs 518.4 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt vs 50 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 1536 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 5931 vs 4119 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 25.98 vs 11.121 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.307 vs 1.105 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 21.837 vs 18.548 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 101.399 vs 32.965 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2132 vs 1699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3065 vs 2837 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 vs 3349 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2132 vs 1699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3065 vs 2837 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 vs 3349 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
- Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 1072 MHz
- Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1207 vs 1126
- Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 154
- 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 391.548 vs 168.449
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1350 MHz vs 1072 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1207 vs 1126 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 253 vs 154 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 391.548 vs 168.449 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 940M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1126 | 1207 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 154 | 253 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 5931 | 4119 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 25.98 | 11.121 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 168.449 | 391.548 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.307 | 1.105 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 21.837 | 18.548 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 101.399 | 32.965 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2132 | 1699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3065 | 2837 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 | 3349 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2132 | 1699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3065 | 2837 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 | 3349 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 506 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 940M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | Fermi |
Code name | GM108 | GF106 |
Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 3 September 2010 |
Place in performance rating | 1226 | 1229 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1072 MHz | 1350 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 903.2 gflops | 518.4 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 192 |
Texture fill rate | 28.22 GTexel / s | 16.1 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | 50 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 1,170 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | large |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12 API with Feature Level 12.1 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1536 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 60.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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GeForce Experience | ||
GPU Boost | ||
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DirectCompute | ||
DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
SLI |