NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R7 M260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R7 M260 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 R7 M260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 940 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 22.56 GTexel / s
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 721.9 gflops
5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 517
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 125
Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6325 vs 5125
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.91 vs 14.249
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 312.94 vs 145.3
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.83 vs 0.925
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.833 vs 19.992
Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 103.937 vs 77.895
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 1404
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 1093
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1704
Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 1404
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 1093
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1704

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 11 June 2014
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 940 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s vs 22.56 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 721.9 gflops
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516 vs 517
PassMark - G2D Mark	172 vs 125
Geekbench - OpenCL	6325 vs 5125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.91 vs 14.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	312.94 vs 145.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.83 vs 0.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.833 vs 19.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.937 vs 77.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2486 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587 vs 1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486 vs 1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587 vs 1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1704

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1516

517

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

125

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6325

5125

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.91

14.249

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

312.94

145.3

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.83

0.925

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27.833

19.992

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

103.937

77.895

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2486

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3587

1093

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1704

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2486

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3587

1093

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1704

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R7 M260
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516	517
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	125
Geekbench - OpenCL	6325	5125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.91	14.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	312.94	145.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.83	0.925
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.833	19.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.937	77.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2486	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587	1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587	1093
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	1704
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	585

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R7 M260
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 3.0
Code name	GM108	Topaz
Launch date	28 June 2016	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	1071	1479
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$799
Price now		$799
Value for money (0-100)		1.33
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	980 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	940 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	22.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	3,100 million
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	32 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore