NVIDIA GeForce 940MX vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M 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 Quadro FX 2500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 91% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 99% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 23.83 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 45 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1516 vs 218
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1247
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2016 vs 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 500 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516 vs 218
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 172

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1516

218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

272

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1247

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1247

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1516	218
PassMark - G2D Mark	172	272
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	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	1247
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	585

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM108	G71
Launch date	28 June 2016	29 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1071	1068
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	500 MHz
Core clock speed	954 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384	24
Texture fill rate	23.83 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	278 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	MXM-III
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus