NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R7 M370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R7 M370 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 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 960 MHz
  • Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 23.04 GTexel / s
  • Around 3% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 737.3 gflops
  • 5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 1418
  • Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.91 vs 17.26
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.83 vs 1.653
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 103.937 vs 70.174
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 1747
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 1484
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2449
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 1747
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 1484
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2449
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 June 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 993 MHz vs 960 MHz
Texture fill rate 23.83 GTexel / s vs 23.04 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops vs 737.3 gflops
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1516 vs 1418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.91 vs 17.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.83 vs 1.653
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 103.937 vs 70.174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2486 vs 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3587 vs 1484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 2449
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2486 vs 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3587 vs 1484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 2449

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M370

  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 676 vs 172
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7070 vs 6325
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 476.075 vs 312.94
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.082 vs 27.833
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 676 vs 172
Geekbench - OpenCL 7070 vs 6325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 476.075 vs 312.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.082 vs 27.833

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M370

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1516
1418
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
172
676
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6325
7070
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.91
17.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
312.94
476.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.83
1.653
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.833
30.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
103.937
70.174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
1484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
2449
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
1484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
2449
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940MX AMD Radeon R7 M370
PassMark - G3D Mark 1516 1418
PassMark - G2D Mark 172 676
Geekbench - OpenCL 6325 7070
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.91 17.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 312.94 476.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.83 1.653
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.833 30.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 103.937 70.174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2486 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3587 1484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 2449
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2486 1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3587 1484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 2449
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 585

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX AMD Radeon R7 M370

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Litho
Launch date 28 June 2016 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 1071 933
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz 960 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops 737.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 23.83 GTexel / s 23.04 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
Eyefinity

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 medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s 73.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore