NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 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 GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 954 MHz
Around 72% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 993 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Launch date	8 March 2018 vs 28 June 2016
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz vs 993 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

5.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
PassMark - G3D Mark		1516
PassMark - G2D Mark		172
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
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 GTX 1060 6 GB GP104	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell
Code name	GP104	GM108
Launch date	8 March 2018	28 June 2016
Place in performance rating	not rated	1071
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	993 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	954 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	1,870 million
Floating-point performance		762.6 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		23.83 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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
Memory
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5012 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus