Radeon R5 Graphics vs GeForce 940M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking785not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.06no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGM108Spectre SL
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)17 September 2014 (10 years ago)

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 cores384256
Core clock speed1072 MHz497 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHz720 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate28.227.952
Floating-point processing power0.9032 TFLOPS0.2545 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs2416

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8IGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.0
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 17 September 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 15 Watt

GeForce 940M has an age advantage of 5 months.

R5 Graphics, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 940M and Radeon R5 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 940M is a notebook card while Radeon R5 Graphics is a desktop one.


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