NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 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

ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 325 MHz
9.2x more texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
8.1x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 620 MHz
28.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1518 vs 54
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 149

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 620 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1518 vs 54
PassMark - G2D Mark	172 vs 149

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1518

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

149

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1518	54
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	149
Geekbench - OpenCL	6327
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	585

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rage 8
Code name	GM108	R300
Launch date	28 June 2016	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1105	1102
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus