NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R6 M340DX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R6 M340DX 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 6 month(s) later
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 1025
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 1940
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 1025
  • Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 1940
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 June 2016 vs 12 December 2015
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2486 vs 1025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3587 vs 1940
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2486 vs 1025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3587 vs 1940

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 M340DX

  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 993 MHz
  • Around 83% higher pipelines: 704 vs 384
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17639 vs 6317
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5475 vs 3357
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5475 vs 3357
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 955 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed 1030 MHz vs 993 MHz
Pipelines 704 vs 384
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 17639 vs 6317
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5475 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5475 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R6 M340DX

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6317
17639
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
1025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
1940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
5475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
1025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
1940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
5475
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940MX AMD Radeon R6 M340DX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1516
PassMark - G2D Mark 172
Geekbench - OpenCL 6317 17639
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 1025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3587 1940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 5475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2486 1025
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3587 1940
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 5475
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 585

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX AMD Radeon R6 M340DX

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Jet
Launch date 28 June 2016 12 December 2015
Place in performance rating 1097 1098
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz 1030 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz 955 MHz
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 704
Texture fill rate 23.83 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 IGP
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus