NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce 940M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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 GT 1030 (Desktop)

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 1072 MHz
• Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1176 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 33 Watt
• 3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
• 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 1127
• 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 154
• Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9864 vs 5982
• Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.898 vs 25.98
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 170.785 vs 168.449
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.373 vs 1.307
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 160.823 vs 101.399
• Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 2132
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 3065
• Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 2132
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 3065

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

• Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.837 vs 18.937
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3331
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3331
• 14.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 506 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2433 1127
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	442 154
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9864 5982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.898 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	170.785 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.373 1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.937 21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	160.823 101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	35 506

Compare specifications (specs)