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.

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

AMD Radeon R6 M340DX

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 6325
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 6325
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

6325

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	6325	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	1071	1072
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