NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs AMD Radeon R7 M465

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and AMD Radeon R7 M465 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 M465

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 825 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 960 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 1095
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6311 vs 5652
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2535
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2535

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 825 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz vs 960 MHz
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516 vs 1095
Geekbench - OpenCL	6311 vs 5652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 2535
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 2535

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M465

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 218 vs 172

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	27 GTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	864.0 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	218 vs 172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M465

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1516

1095

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

218

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6311

5652

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

2535

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

2535

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R7 M465
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516	1095
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	218
Geekbench - OpenCL	6311	5652
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	2535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	2535
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	585

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	AMD Radeon R7 M465
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Litho
Launch date	28 June 2016	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	1102	1103
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	960 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	864.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	27 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
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 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)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 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