NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 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
• 5.6x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
• 3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
• 5.6x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
• 5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8160 vs 1516
• 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 172
• 4.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 31098 vs 6325
• 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.55 vs 28.91
• 4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1371.266 vs 312.94
• 4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.49 vs 1.83
• 4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 509.222 vs 103.937
• 5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 2486
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3654 vs 3587
• 5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 2486
• Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3654 vs 3587
• 6.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3677 vs 585

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

• 5.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 120 Watt
• Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.833 vs 19.803

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	8160 1516
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	444 172
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	31098 6325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	111.55 28.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1371.266 312.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.49 1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	19.803 27.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	509.222 103.937
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12645 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3654 3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12645 2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3654 3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3677 585

Compare specifications (specs)