GeForce 940MX vs GeForce GTX 950
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 940MX |
67 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 950 . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950 |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 950
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 940MX | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
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GPU Name | GM108 (N16S-GT1R) | vs | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) |
Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
Transistors | unknown | vs | 2,940 million |
Shaders | 384 | vs | 768 |
Compute Units | 3 | vs | 6 |
Core clock | 795 MHz | vs | 1024 MHz |
ROPs | 8 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 24 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 940MX | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | vs | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 940MX | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
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TDP | 23 watts | vs | 90 watts |
Release Date | 28 Jun 2016 | vs | 20 Aug 2015 |
GeForce 940MX
6.36 GP/s
GeForce GTX 950
32.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 940MX
19.08 GT/s
GeForce GTX 950
49.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 940MX
40.10 GB/s
GeForce GTX 950
105.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 940MX
610.60 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 950
1572.90 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better