Tegra 4 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 efficiency11.83no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)VLIW Vec4 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameGM107Tegra 4
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date28 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 August 2013 (11 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 MHz672 MHz
Boost clock speed861 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million11 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate27.552.688
Floating-point processing power0.8817 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
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 x8IGP
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)N/A
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5ES 3.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2016 1 August 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 20 Watt

GeForce 940MX has an age advantage of 2 years.

Tegra 4, on the other hand, has 15% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 940MX and Tegra 4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 940MX is a notebook card while Tegra 4 is a desktop one.


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