NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce 940M 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 GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1072 MHz
  • Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1392 MHz vs 1176 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 66.82 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 2,138 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6332 vs 1127
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 650 vs 154
  • 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20732 vs 5982
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 75.758 vs 25.98
  • 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 843.503 vs 168.449
  • 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.071 vs 1.307
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.676 vs 21.837
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 301.168 vs 101.399
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8496 vs 2132
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3687 vs 3065
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8496 vs 2132
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3687 vs 3065
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 October 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1072 MHz
Boost clock speed 1392 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Texture fill rate 66.82 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops vs 903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6332 vs 1127
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 vs 154
Geekbench - OpenCL 20732 vs 5982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 vs 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 vs 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 vs 1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 vs 21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 vs 101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 vs 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 vs 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 vs 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 vs 3065

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 257.1x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 7 GB/s
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3336
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3336
  • Around 66% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 506 vs 305
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 7 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506 vs 305

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6332
1127
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
650
154
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
20732
5982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.758
25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843.503
168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.071
1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.676
21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
301.168
101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8496
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3687
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3336
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
305
506
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce 940M
PassMark - G3D Mark 6332 1127
PassMark - G2D Mark 650 154
Geekbench - OpenCL 20732 5982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 75.758 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 843.503 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.071 1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.676 21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 301.168 101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8496 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3687 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8496 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3687 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 305 506

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name GP107 GM108
Launch date 25 October 2016 13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $139
Place in performance rating 487 1184
Price now $159.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 46.07

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1392 MHz 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1392 MHz 1072 MHz
CUDA cores 768
Floating-point performance 2,138 gflops 903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Pipelines 768 384
Texture fill rate 66.82 GTexel / s 28.22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 1,870 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 7 GB/s 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus