GRID K220Q vs GeForce 940A

Place in the ranking	786	842
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.17
Power efficiency	6.06	0.73
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GM108	GK104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	2 July 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$469

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	1536
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	745 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.98	95.36
Floating-point processing power	0.8632 TFLOPS	2.289 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	16	128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	no data	IGP

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1001 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB/s	160.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.126
CUDA	5.0	3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 940A 2.87
+21.6%

GRID K220Q 2.36

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 940A 1106
+21.3%

GRID K220Q 912

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.87	2.36
Recency	13 March 2015	2 July 2014
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	225 Watt

GeForce 940A has a 21.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 581.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 940A is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID K220Q in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 940A is a notebook card while GRID K220Q is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.