Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 950M 2GB | GeForce 940M 2GB |
| Hitman 3 | 297% | 717% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 205% | 528% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 179% | 474% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 205% | 528% |
| FIFA 21 | 54% | 217% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 330% | 783% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 170% | 456% |
| Genshin Impact | 205% | 528% |
| Far Cry 6 | 342% | 808% |
| The Medium | 281% | 683% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M 2GB are massively better than the Nvidia GeForce 940M 2GB.
The GeForce 940M 2GB has a 158 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 950M, but the GTX 950M has 16 more Texture Mapping Units than the GeForce 940M 2GB. As a result, the GTX 950M exhibits a 10.9 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GeForce 940M 2GB. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GeForce 940M 2GB has a 158 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 950M, but the GTX 950M has 8 more Render Output Units than the GeForce 940M 2GB. As a result, the GTX 950M exhibits a 6 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GeForce 940M 2GB. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GeForce 940M 2GB was released less than a year after the GTX 950M, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB and the GeForce 940M 2GB have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The GTX 950M has 64 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GeForce 940M 2GB, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 950M is much better than the GeForce 940M 2GB.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB has 640 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce 940M 2GB has 384. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 950M is 858 and the actual shader performance of the GeForce 940M 2GB is 610. The GTX 950M having 248 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 950M delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GeForce 940M 2GB.
The GeForce GTX 950M 2GB requires 50 Watts to run and the GeForce 940M 2GB requires 30 Watts. The GTX 950M requires 20 Watts more than the GeForce 940M 2GB to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GTX 950M to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the GeForce 940M 2GB.
| Core Speed | 914 MHz | vs |  | 1072 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 993 MHz | vs | | 1176 MHz | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM107-N16P-GT | Maxwell GM108-N16S-GT-S | |||
| OC Potential | Good |
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vs | Poor | |
| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 12 Mar 2015 | vs | | 13 Mar 2015 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 9.9
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vs | 7.2
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| 1600x900 | 7.8
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vs | 5.5
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| 1920x1080 | 6
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vs | 4.1
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| 2560x1440 | 4.3
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vs | 2.7
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| 3840x2160 | 2.6
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vs | 1.8
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| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | | 2048 MB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz | | vs | 1000 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | 64 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | DDR3 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 80GB/sec | | vs | 16GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 2048 KB | |
vs | |
2048 KB |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | | vs | 384 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 41% | | vs | 29% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | | vs | 24 | |
| Texture Rate | 36.6 GTexel/s | | vs | 25.7 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | | vs | 8 | |
| Pixel Rate | 14.6 GPixel/s | | vs | 8.6 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | 0 | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 50 Watts | vs | | 30 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | | vs | | 12.0 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | no | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-4340M 2.9GHz | vs | | Intel Core i3-4110M 2.6GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | 1366x768 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the first variant of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The first variant of the Maxwell Architecture succeeds the Kepler Architecture. Despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, it has an extremely large L2 Cache which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM107-N16P-GT which has 5 SM activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The central unit runs at 914MHz and goes up to 993MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface. The memory clock operates at 1253MHz. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. Features DirectX 12 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for GameStream, G-SYNC, GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 50W, it may be equipped in average sized notebooks. Performance Because GeForce GTX 950M 2GB is just a higher clocked GeForce GTX 850M v2 2GB, its performance is only about 5% faster than its predecessors and so GeForce GTX 860M 2GB is still faster. Still, it still offers decent gaming at 1920x1080 and most modern games should run fluently at high settings. System Suggestions We recommend a strong processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a notebook with GeForce GTX 950M 2GB. | Overview GeForce 940M 2GB is a Middle-Class Mobile Graphics Card based on the First Revision of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The Maxwell architecture features many improvements and among them is the extremely large L2 Cache which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed GM108-N16S-GT-S which has 3 SM activated and thus offers 384 Shader Processing Units, 24 TMUs and 8 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1072MHz and goes up to 1176MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of DDR3, through a 64-bit memory interface. The Frame Buffer is exaggerated and in no way benefits the GPU. The memory clock operates at 1000MHz. Features DirectX 11.2 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 30W, it will only be equipped in average sized notebooks. Performance GeForce 940M 2GB is essentially a higher-clocked GeForce 840M 2GB. Because of that, it is only slightly faster than its predecessor. Modern games are expected to run at Medium Settings while demanding games will required further reduced settings. System Suggestions We recommend a modest processor (Intel Core i3 Mobile) and 4GB of RAM for a notebook with GeForce 940M 2GB. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||