Radeon RX 560 XT vs GeForce 940MX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking698not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.74no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Ellesmere
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date28 June 2016 (8 years ago)13 March 2019 (5 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 cores5121792
Core clock speed795 MHz973 MHz
Boost clock speed861 MHz1073 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate27.55120.2
Floating-point processing power0.8817 TFLOPS3.846 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs32112

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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, GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1650 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s211.2 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

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 Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GeForce 940MX 6339
RX 560 XT 31395
+395%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GeForce 940MX 5001
RX 560 XT 37467
+649%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2016 13 March 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 150 Watt

GeForce 940MX has 552.2% lower power consumption.

RX 560 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 940MX and Radeon RX 560 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 940MX is a notebook card while Radeon RX 560 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
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