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
GPU 1
GPU 2
1519
1055
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
172
284
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6339
7533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.91
20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
312.94
304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.83
1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.833
30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
103.937
96.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3356
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940MX AMD Radeon R7 250
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

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

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync