NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R7 M440

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R7 M440 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 M440

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 20.42 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 17% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 653.4 gflops
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 897
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 170
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6325 vs 5598
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 1935
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 2067
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2537
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 1935
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 2067
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2537

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 15 May 2016
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s vs 20.42 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 653.4 gflops
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516 vs 897
PassMark - G2D Mark	172 vs 170
Geekbench - OpenCL	6325 vs 5598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2486 vs 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587 vs 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 2537
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486 vs 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587 vs 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 2537

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M440

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1021 MHz vs 954 MHz

Core clock speed	1021 MHz vs 954 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1516

897

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

170

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6325

5598

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2486

1935

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3587

2067

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

2537

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2486

1935

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3587

2067

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

2537

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R7 M440
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516	897
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	170
Geekbench - OpenCL	6325	5598
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	1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587	2067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	2537
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486	1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587	2067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	2537
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	585

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R7 M440
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 3.0
Code name	GM108	Meso
Launch date	28 June 2016	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	1071	1112
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1021 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	653.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	20.42 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	3,100 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	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus