NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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

• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

• Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 1072 MHz
• Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
• Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
• Around 67% better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
• 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3366 vs 1127
• Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 154
• Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10985 vs 5982
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 25.98
• 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 168.449
• 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 1.307
• 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 21.837
• Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 101.399
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 2132
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3065
• 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 2132
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3065
• 2.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1231 vs 506

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1127 3366
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	154 245
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	5982 10985
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	25.98 54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	168.449 795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.307 3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.837 51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	101.399 174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2132 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3065 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2132 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3065 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	506 1231

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