NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 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 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 14% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 835 MHz
- Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 950 MHz
- Around 5% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 729.6 gflops
- 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
- 2.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 1445
- Around 56% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6325 vs 4062
- 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.91 vs 10.837
- Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.83 vs 1.098
- Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.833 vs 21.798
- 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 103.937 vs 33.754
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 1094
- Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 2253
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3176
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 1094
- Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 2253
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3176
- Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 585 vs 475
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 28 June 2016 vs 22 March 2012 |
Core clock speed | 954 MHz vs 835 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 993 MHz vs 950 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 762.6 gflops vs 729.6 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt vs 50 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1516 vs 1445 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6325 vs 4062 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.91 vs 10.837 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.83 vs 1.098 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 27.833 vs 21.798 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 103.937 vs 33.754 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2486 vs 1094 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3587 vs 2253 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 vs 3176 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2486 vs 1094 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3587 vs 2253 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 vs 3176 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 585 vs 475 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
- Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 30.4 billion / sec vs 23.83 GTexel / s
- Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 269 vs 172
- Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 405.086 vs 312.94
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 30.4 billion / sec vs 23.83 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 269 vs 172 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 405.086 vs 312.94 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1516 | 1445 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 172 | 269 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6325 | 4062 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.91 | 10.837 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 312.94 | 405.086 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.83 | 1.098 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 27.833 | 21.798 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 103.937 | 33.754 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2486 | 1094 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3587 | 2253 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 | 3176 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2486 | 1094 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3587 | 2253 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 | 3176 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 585 | 475 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | Kepler |
Code name | GM108 | GK107 |
Launch date | 28 June 2016 | 22 March 2012 |
Place in performance rating | 1071 | 1253 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | 950 MHz |
Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 835 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 762.6 gflops | 729.6 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 384 |
Texture fill rate | 23.83 GTexel / s | 30.4 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt | 50 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 1,270 million |
CUDA cores | 384 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
HDCP | ||
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
Laptop size | medium sized | large |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12 API |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 40.1 GB / s | 64.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128bit |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3, GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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GameWorks | ||
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GPU Boost | ||
Optimus | ||
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DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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SLI | ||
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