NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 3 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 230 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 140 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
25.1x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 200 MHz
189.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 8
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	172 vs 152

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

38.6x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

152

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	6325
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	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rankine
Code name	GM108	NV34 B1
Launch date	28 June 2016	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	1097	1094
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$36.99
Price now		$36.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.30
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	230 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	920 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	45 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	None
Length		152 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus