GeForce 940MX vs GeForce GTX 970M
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 940MX |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 970M |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 970M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 940MX | | GeForce GTX 970M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM108 (N16S-GT1R) | vs | GM204 (N16E-GT-A2) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 0 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 384 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 3 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 795 MHz | vs | 1038 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 940MX | | GeForce GTX 970M | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | vs | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 940MX | | GeForce GTX 970M | |
|---|
| TDP | 23 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Jun 2016 | vs | 7 Oct 2014 |
GeForce 940MX
6.36 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970M
49.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 940MX
19.08 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970M
83.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 940MX
40.10 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970M
120.30 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 940MX
610.60 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970M
2657.30 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better