NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R5 M430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R5 M430 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 940MX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 855 MHz
  • 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
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 649
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6325 vs 5084
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.91 vs 13.812
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 312.94 vs 144.604
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.83 vs 0.981
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.833 vs 18.55
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 103.937 vs 65.872
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 1087
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 1157
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2212
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 1087
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 1157
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2212
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 June 2016 vs 15 May 2016
Boost clock speed 993 MHz vs 855 MHz
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
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1516 vs 649
Geekbench - OpenCL 6325 vs 5084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.91 vs 13.812
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 312.94 vs 144.604
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.83 vs 0.981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.833 vs 18.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 103.937 vs 65.872
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2486 vs 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3587 vs 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 2212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2486 vs 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3587 vs 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 2212

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M430

  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 954 MHz
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 516 vs 172
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1030 MHz vs 954 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 516 vs 172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M430

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1516
649
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
172
516
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6325
5084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.91
13.812
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
312.94
144.604
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.83
0.981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.833
18.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
103.937
65.872
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
2212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
2212
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940MX AMD Radeon R5 M430
PassMark - G3D Mark 1516 649
PassMark - G2D Mark 172 516
Geekbench - OpenCL 6325 5084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.91 13.812
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 312.94 144.604
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.83 0.981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.833 18.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 103.937 65.872
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2486 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3587 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 2212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2486 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3587 1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 2212
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 585

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX AMD Radeon R5 M430

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Exo
Launch date 28 June 2016 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1071 1182
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz 855 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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 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 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
DirectCompute 5.0