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
GPU 1
GPU 2
1126
1207
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
154
253
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5931
4119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.98
11.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
168.449
391.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.307
1.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.837
18.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
101.399
32.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2132
1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3065
2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2132
1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3065
2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3349
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API with Feature Level 12.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

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

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Vision
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
SLI