The GeForce 940M is a direct successor to last year’s 840M and it’s placed in the mid-range class. It is commonly used as a multimedia GPU and light gaming. It’s very similar to its predecessor GeForce 840M, but it’s slightly higher clocked. GeForce 940M is Maxwell-based and uses GM108 chip.
NVIDIA GeForce 940M is built with a 28nm manufacturing process and has 384 shader units, 24 TMUs and 8 ROPs (64-bit interface). It can be found in modifications with 2GB or 4GB DDR3 memory.
940M’s TDP is 33 watts and is mostly used in mainstream laptops. It supports GPU Boost 2.0, Optimus, PhysX, CUDA and GeForce Experience.
Download the latest drivers:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers
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NVIDIA GeForce 940M (2GB DDR3) - benchmark tests
NVIDIA GeForce 940M (2GB DDR3) vs competitors:
| # | GPU | Memory bus | Performance score |
In laptops starting at... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117. | AMD Radeon R7 M465 (2GB GDDR5) | 128-bit | 0.4/10 | Check price |
| 118. | NVIDIA GeForce MX110 (2GB GDDR5) | 64-bit | 0.4/10 | $766.99 |
| 119. | NVIDIA GeForce 940M (2GB DDR3) | 64-bit | 0.4/10 | $649.00 |
| 120. | AMD Radeon HD 8790M (2GB GDDR5) | 128-bit | 0.4/10 | Check price |
| 121. | NVIDIA GeForce 940MX (2GB DDR3) | 64-bit | 0.4/10 | $570.21 |
| 122. | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 | - | 0.4/10 | Check price |
We’ve tested NVIDIA GeForce 940M (2GB DDR3) on…
| # | Laptop | 3DMark Fire Strike (G) | Unigine Heaven 3.0 | Unigine Heaven 4.0 | Unigine Superposition | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | NVIDIA Prototype | 1727.00 | 470.00 | 350.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| 2. | Lenovo Yoga 3 (14") | 1563.00 | 435.00 | 337.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| 3. | HP Star Wars Special Edition 15 | 1608.00 | 456.00 | 354.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| 4. | Acer TravelMate P658 | 1662.00 | 476.00 | 349.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
| 5. | ASUS ZenBook UX303UB | 1532.00 | 435.00 | 324.00 | 0.00 | N/A |
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