NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 650 MHz
4.6x more texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
7.3x better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1066 MHz
10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 148
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 110
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6325 vs 2761
7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 337
6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 583
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1094
7.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 337
6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 583
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1094

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 80
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1066 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516 vs 148
PassMark - G2D Mark	172 vs 110
Geekbench - OpenCL	6325 vs 2761
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2486 vs 337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587 vs 583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486 vs 337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587 vs 583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1094

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 23 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 23 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1516

148

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

110

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6325

2761

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2486

337

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3587

583

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1094

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2486

337

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3587

583

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1094

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516	148
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	110
Geekbench - OpenCL	6325	2761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	312.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.937
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2486	337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587	583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486	337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587	583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	1094
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	585

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Cedar
Launch date	28 June 2016	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1071	1592
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	80
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	8.528 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1066 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus