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    GeForce GTX 560M vs GeForce 940MX DDR3

    GeForce GTX 560M
    Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 30 May 2011
    GeForce GTX 560M
    GeForce 940MX DDR3
    Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 1 Jan 2016
    GeForce 940MX DDR3
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      100%
    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      116%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560M

    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce 940MX DDR3

    52 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 560M .
    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 16% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    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 GTX 560MGeForce 940MX DDR3
    GPU NameGF116 (N12E-GS-A1)vsGM108 (N16S-GTR-S)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size238 mm²vs0 mm²
    Transistors1,170 millionvsunknown
    Shaders192vs384
    Compute Units4vs3
    Core clock775 MHzvs1122 MHz
    ROPs24vs8
    TMUs32vs24

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 560MGeForce 940MX DDR3
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
    Bus Width192 bitvs64 bit
    Memory Speed625 MHz
    2500 MHz effective    		vs1001 MHz
    2002 MHz effective
    Memory Size1536 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 560MGeForce 940MX DDR3
    TDP75 wattsvs23 watts
    Release Date30 May 2011vs1 Jan 2016

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      6.20 GP/s
    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      8.98 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      24.80 GT/s
    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      26.93 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      60.00 GB/s
    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      16.02 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      595.20 GFLOPs
    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      861.70 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 560M
      2110
    • GeForce 940MX DDR3
      2450

    Points (higher is better)

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