GeForce 940M vs ATI FirePro V3750

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated779
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data6.13
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameRV730GM108
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date11 September 2008 (16 years ago)13 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores320384
Core clock speed550 MHz1072 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1176 MHz
Number of transistors514 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)48 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate17.6028.22
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPS0.9032 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs3224

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boostno data2.0
Optimus-+
GameWorks-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.5
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 September 2008 13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 48 Watt 75 Watt

ATI V3750 has 56.3% lower power consumption.

GeForce 940M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro V3750 and GeForce 940M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro V3750 is a workstation card while GeForce 940M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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