NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R5 A330

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R5 A330 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 A330

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 16% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 21 October 2015
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 A330

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 954 MHz
3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20041 vs 6188

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 954 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	20041 vs 6188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 A330

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6188

20041

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R5 A330
PassMark - G3D Mark	1514
PassMark - G2D Mark	171
Geekbench - OpenCL	6188	20041
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 A330
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Exo
Launch date	28 June 2016	21 October 2015
Place in performance rating	1100	1101
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1030 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	20.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 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	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