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    GeForce 940MX DDR3 vs Radeon HD 8790M

    GeForce 940MX DDR3
    Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 1 Jan 2016
    GeForce 940MX DDR3
    Radeon HD 8790M
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 1 Apr 2013
    Radeon HD 8790M
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      115%
    • Radeon HD 8790M
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce 940MX DDR3

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 15% higher average synthetic performance.
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon HD 8790M

    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Mantle
    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce 940MX DDR3

    HWBench recommends GeForce 940MX DDR3

    The GeForce 940MX DDR3 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce 940MX DDR3Radeon HD 8790M
    GPU NameGM108 (N16S-GTR-S)vsMars (Mars XTX)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size0 mm²vs77 mm²
    Transistorsunknownvs1,040 million
    Shaders384vs384
    Compute Units3vs6
    Core clock1122 MHzvs850 MHz
    ROPs8vs8
    TMUs24vs24

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce 940MX DDR3Radeon HD 8790M
    Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
    Bus Width64 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed1001 MHz
    2002 MHz effective    		vs1000 MHz
    4000 MHz effective
    Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce 940MX DDR3Radeon HD 8790M
    TDP23 wattsvs0 watts
    Release Date1 Jan 2016vs1 Apr 2013

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      8.98 GP/s
    • Radeon HD 8790M
      7.20 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      26.93 GT/s
    • Radeon HD 8790M
      21.60 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      16.02 GB/s
    • Radeon HD 8790M
      64.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      861.70 GFLOPs
    • Radeon HD 8790M
      691.20 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      2450
    • Radeon HD 8790M
      2130

    Points (higher is better)

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