NVIDIA GeForce 930M vs GeForce 940M – benchmarks and gaming tests

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Today we are going to compare the overall performance of two GPUs from NVIDIA that are part of the Maxwell generation and are commonly used in entry-level notebooks for multimedia and light gaming. Interestingly, last year NVIDIA didn’t release a GeForce 830M GPU, but this year we’ve got a direct successor of the 840M (940M) going head to head with the 930M.

Both GPUs have a lot in common – they are based on last year’s the 840M graphics card and even sharing the same GPU inside (GM108). Also, we’ve got the same amount of ROPs and shading units (CUDA cores). The most notable difference, however, is the higher memory speed and higher base and boost clock of the GPU. You can see the differences on the table below.

GeForce 930MGeForce 940M
GPUGM108GM108
GPU frequency928MHz (941MHz Boost)1072MHz (1176MHz Boost)
Memory2GB4GB
Memory frequency1800MHz2000MHz
Memory typeDDR3DDR3
Memory bus width64-bit64-bit
TMUs2416
ROPs88
Shading units384384
Power consumption (TDP)25W33W

You can find more detailed information regarding 940M (4GB DDR3) here: http://laptopmedia.com/video-card/nvidia-geforce-940m-4gb-ddr3/

You can find more detailed information regarding 930M (2GB DDR3) here: http://laptopmedia.com/video-card/nvidia-geforce-930m-2gb-ddr3/

Download the latest drivers: http://www.geforce.com/drivers

Benchmark tests

I risultati provengono dal benchmark 3DMark: Fire Strike (Grafica) (più alto è il punteggio, meglio è)


Gaming tests

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Tomb Raider (768p, Low)Tomb Raider (768p, Medium)Tomb Raider (768p, Max)
GeForce 930M92 fps31 fps15 fps
GeForce 940M102 fps (+10%)34 fps (+9%)18 fps (+17%)

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F1 2014 (768p, Low)F1 2014 (768p, Medium)F1 2014 (768p, Max)
GeForce 930M82 fps66 fps39 fps
GeForce 940M52 fps (-37%)38 fps (-43%)37 fps (-5%)

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Thief (768p, Low)Thief (768p, Medium)Thief (768p, Max)
GeForce 930M34 fps24 fps14 fps
GeForce 940M35 fps (+3%)25 fps (+4%)15 fps (+7%)

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GTA V (768p, Low)GTA V (768p, Medium)GTA V (768p, Max)
GeForce 930M36 fps16 fps9 fps
GeForce 940M56 fps (+36%)18 fps (+12%)8 fps (-12%)
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Goran_Serbia
Goran_Serbia
8 anni fa

Nice work. Thank you for helping me decide. Its not easy just to rely on numbers in chip name so articles like this help a lot!

Yog Yogi
7 anni fa

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