NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R5 330 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 330 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 830 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 39% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1519 vs 521
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6339 vs 5123

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 830 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz vs 855 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1519 vs 521
Geekbench - OpenCL	6339 vs 5123

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM

Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 184 vs 172

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	184 vs 172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1519

521

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

184

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6339

5123

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R5 330 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1519	521
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	184
Geekbench - OpenCL	6339	5123
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
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 330 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Hainan
Launch date	28 June 2016	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1107	1108
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	855 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	830 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	17.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,040 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 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus