NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R7 250
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R7 250 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 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
- Around 6% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
- 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 75 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- 4.4x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1150 MHz
- Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1519 vs 1055
- Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.91 vs 20.161
- Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 312.94 vs 304.279
- Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.83 vs 1.655
- Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 103.937 vs 96.934
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 2179
- Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 3170
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 2179
- Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 3170
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 28 June 2016 vs 8 October 2013 |
Texture fill rate | 23.83 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s |
Floating-point performance | 762.6 gflops vs 716.8 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 1150 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1519 vs 1055 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.91 vs 20.161 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 312.94 vs 304.279 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.83 vs 1.655 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 103.937 vs 96.934 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2486 vs 2179 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3587 vs 3170 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 vs 3356 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2486 vs 2179 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3587 vs 3170 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 vs 3356 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250
- Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 993 MHz
- Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 284 vs 172
- Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7533 vs 6339
- Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.046 vs 27.833
Specifications (specs) | |
Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz vs 993 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 284 vs 172 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 7533 vs 6339 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 30.046 vs 27.833 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | AMD Radeon R7 250 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1519 | 1055 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 172 | 284 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6339 | 7533 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.91 | 20.161 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 312.94 | 304.279 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.83 | 1.655 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 27.833 | 30.046 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 103.937 | 96.934 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2486 | 2179 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3587 | 3170 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 | 3356 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2486 | 2179 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3587 | 3170 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 | 3356 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 585 | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | AMD Radeon R7 250 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GM108 | Oland |
Launch date | 28 June 2016 | 8 October 2013 |
Place in performance rating | 1107 | 1109 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $89 | |
Price now | $78.34 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 27.62 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | 1050 MHz |
Core clock speed | 954 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 762.6 gflops | 716.8 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 384 |
Texture fill rate | 23.83 GTexel / s | 22.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 1,040 million |
Stream Processors | 384 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
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HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | N / A |
Length | 168 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 40.1 GB / s | 72 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 1150 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3, GDDR5 | DDR3 / GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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AppAcceleration | ||
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DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync |