GeForce 940M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 2.90% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce 940M sales 12 March 2015. This is a Maxwell architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 4 GB of DDR3 memory clocked at 2 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 14.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x8 interface. Power consumption is at 75 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce 940M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 744 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 0.12 | |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | |
| GPU code name | N16S-GT-S/B | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 12 March 2015 (9 years ago) | |
| Current price | $879 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
GeForce 940M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 940M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1072 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 28.22 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 903.2 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
Information on GeForce 940M's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 940M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 940M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce 940M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| GPU Boost | 2.0 | |
| Optimus | + | |
| GameWorks | + |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce 940M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 940M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance 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.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 8%
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
GeekBench 5 CUDA
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
Octane Render OctaneBench
This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce 940M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 19 | |
| 1440p | 96 | |
| 4K | 20 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 17 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 11 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 11 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 13 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 10 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
| Metro Exodus | 2 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 9−10 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 11 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 10 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11 | |
| Metro Exodus | 1−2 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 0−1 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 3−4 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 7−8 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 2 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 940M is Radeon R9 M275, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce 940M:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce 940M according to our statistics.
