GMA 950 vs GeForce 940MX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking691not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.88no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Generation 3.5 (2005)
GPU code nameGM107Lakeport
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date28 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 May 2005 (19 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 cores512no data
Core clock speed795 MHz166 MHz
Boost clock speed861 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rate27.550.66
Floating-point processing power0.8817 TFLOPSno data
ROPs81
TMUs324

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 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP
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 typeDDR3, GDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1253 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth40.1 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)9.0c
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.52.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2016 1 May 2005
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 7 Watt

GeForce 940MX has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

GMA 950, on the other hand, has 228.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 940MX and GMA 950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 940MX is a notebook card while GMA 950 is a desktop one.


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