NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R7 M445

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R7 M445 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 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 920 MHz
  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 30% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 15-25 Watt
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 939
  • Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6325 vs 5361
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.91 vs 15.765
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 312.94 vs 278.624
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.83 vs 1.268
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.833 vs 24.335
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 103.937 vs 54.067
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 1913
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 2138
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1853
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 1913
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 2138
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1853
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 June 2016 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 993 MHz vs 920 MHz
Texture fill rate 23.83 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 15-25 Watt
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1516 vs 939
Geekbench - OpenCL 6325 vs 5361
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.91 vs 15.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 312.94 vs 278.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.83 vs 1.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.833 vs 24.335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 103.937 vs 54.067
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2486 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3587 vs 2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2486 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3587 vs 2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 1853

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M445

  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 172
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 176 vs 172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M445

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1516
939
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
172
176
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6325
5361
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.91
15.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
312.94
278.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.83
1.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.833
24.335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
103.937
54.067
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2486
1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3587
2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1853
Name NVIDIA GeForce 940MX AMD Radeon R7 M445
PassMark - G3D Mark 1516 939
PassMark - G2D Mark 172 176
Geekbench - OpenCL 6325 5361
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.91 15.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 312.94 278.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.83 1.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.833 24.335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 103.937 54.067
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2486 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3587 2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2486 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3587 2138
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 1853
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 585

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX AMD Radeon R7 M445

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 3.0
Code name GM108 Meso
Launch date 28 June 2016 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1071 1296
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 993 MHz 920 MHz
Core clock speed 954 MHz 780 MHz
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops 588.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 320
Texture fill rate 23.83 GTexel / s 18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 15-25 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 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus