NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 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 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- 2.1x more core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 459 MHz
- 6.6x more texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
- 24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
- 26x better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 40 Watt
- 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
- 6.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 9.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 156
- 7.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 24
- 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6325 vs 1791
- 16x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 224
- 7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 445
- 16x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 224
- 7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 445
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 28 June 2016 vs 17 April 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz vs 459 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 23.83 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 384 vs 16 |
| Floating-point performance | 762.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt vs 40 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1516 vs 156 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 172 vs 24 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 6325 vs 1791 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3587 vs 224 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 vs 445 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3587 vs 224 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 vs 445 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1516 | 156 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 172 | 24 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 6325 | 1791 |
| 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 | 224 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 | 445 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2486 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3587 | 224 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 | 445 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 585 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell | Tesla |
| Code name | GM108 | G86 |
| Launch date | 28 June 2016 | 17 April 2007 |
| Place in performance rating | 1071 | 1695 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $29.99 | |
| Price now | $39.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 3.68 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 459 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 762.6 gflops | 29.376 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Pipelines | 384 | 16 |
| Texture fill rate | 23.83 GTexel / s | 3.6 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt | 40 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,870 million | 210 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| Length | 170 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 40.1 GB / s | 6.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3, GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Technologies |
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