NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R5 310 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 310 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 775 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.1x better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 248.0 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: 23 Watt vs 35 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1514 vs 332
8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6188 vs 770
14.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.91 vs 2.002
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 312.94 vs 110.092
8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.83 vs 0.228
4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.833 vs 5.678
4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 103.937 vs 23.621

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1514 vs 332
Geekbench - OpenCL	6188 vs 770
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.91 vs 2.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	312.94 vs 110.092
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.83 vs 0.228
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.833 vs 5.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.937 vs 23.621

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 545 vs 171

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	545 vs 171

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1514

332

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

545

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6188

770

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.91

2.002

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

312.94

110.092

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.83

0.228

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27.833

5.678

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

103.937

23.621

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1514	332
PassMark - G2D Mark	171	545
Geekbench - OpenCL	6188	770
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.91	2.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	312.94	110.092
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.83	0.228
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.833	5.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.937	23.621
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	585

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Caicos
Launch date	28 June 2016	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1100	1102
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
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	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus