NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 4% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 914 MHz
- 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 75 Watt
- 2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
Launch date | 28 June 2016 vs 13 March 2015 |
Core clock speed | 954 MHz vs 914 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
- Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 993 MHz
- Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
- Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
- Around 89% better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
- Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 1516
- Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 172
- Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9744 vs 6325
- Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.396 vs 28.91
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 373.644 vs 312.94
- Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.54 vs 1.83
- Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.412 vs 27.833
- Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.158 vs 103.937
- Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 2486
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3587
- Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 2486
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3587
- 5.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3350 vs 585
Specifications (specs) | |
Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz vs 993 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 44.96 GTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 640 vs 384 |
Floating-point performance | 1,439 gflops vs 762.6 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2577 vs 1516 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 217 vs 172 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 9744 vs 6325 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 42.396 vs 28.91 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 373.644 vs 312.94 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.54 vs 1.83 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.412 vs 27.833 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 139.158 vs 103.937 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4148 vs 2486 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 vs 3587 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3357 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4148 vs 2486 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 vs 3587 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3357 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3350 vs 585 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
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 950M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1516 | 2577 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 172 | 217 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6325 | 9744 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.91 | 42.396 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 312.94 | 373.644 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.83 | 2.54 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 27.833 | 39.412 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 103.937 | 139.158 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2486 | 4148 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3587 | 3715 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 | 3358 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2486 | 4148 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3587 | 3715 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 | 3358 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 585 | 3350 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | Maxwell |
Code name | GM108 | GM107 |
Launch date | 28 June 2016 | 13 March 2015 |
Place in performance rating | 1071 | 797 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 993 MHz | 1124 MHz |
Core clock speed | 954 MHz | 914 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 762.6 gflops | 1,439 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 640 |
Texture fill rate | 23.83 GTexel / s | 44.96 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 1,870 million |
CUDA cores | 640 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
HDMI | ||
VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | 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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 40.1 GB / s | 32 or 80 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 1000 or 2500 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3, GDDR5 | DDR3 or GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GPU Boost | ||
Optimus | ||
Adaptive VSync | ||
Ansel | ||
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GameStream | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
SLI |