NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM 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 GTX 960 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later

Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 26 November 2015

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 954 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1201 MHz vs 993 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
3.2x better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 5012 MHz
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 76.687 vs 28.91
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 890.785 vs 312.94
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.659 vs 27.833

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687 vs 28.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785 vs 312.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659 vs 27.833

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.91

76.687

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

312.94

890.785

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27.833

28.659

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516
PassMark - G2D Mark	172
Geekbench - OpenCL	6325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.91	76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	312.94	890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.833	28.659
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 GTX 960 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM108	GM206
Launch date	28 June 2016	26 November 2015
Place in performance rating	1071	978
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1176 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	2,460 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1024
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	76.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	112.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	7012 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus