RTX A5500 Mobile vs GeForce 940M

Place in the ranking	784	79
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.07	18.76
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM108	GA103
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	22 March 2022 (2 years ago)

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	7424
Core clock speed	1072 MHz	975 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	22,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.22	348.0
Floating-point processing power	0.9032 TFLOPS	22.27 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	96
TMUs	24	232
Tensor Cores	no data	232
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	58

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

Portable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	-
GameWorks	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

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 940M 2.92

RTX A5500 Mobile 45.10
+1445%

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 940M 1125

RTX A5500 Mobile 17372
+1444%

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.

GeForce 940M 2406

RTX A5500 Mobile 35376
+1371%

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.

GeForce 940M 1622

RTX A5500 Mobile 26260
+1519%

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.

GeForce 940M 8819

RTX A5500 Mobile 104565
+1086%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	18 −611%	128 +611%
1440p	96 +24.7%	77 −24.7%
4K	29 −93.1%	56 +93.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−2050%

129
+2050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −833%	80−85 +833%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −6700%	65−70 +6700%
Battlefield 5	15 −753%	120−130 +753%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10 −700%	80−85 +700%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1800%	114 +1800%
Far Cry 5	12 −617%	85−90 +617%
Far Cry New Dawn	15 −553%	95−100 +553%
Forza Horizon 4	41 −368%	190−200 +368%
Hitman 3	8−9 −963%	85−90 +963%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −650%	160−170 +650%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −4133%	120−130 +4133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14 −557%	90−95 +557%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21 −590%	140−150 +590%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −231%	120−130 +231%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −833%	80−85 +833%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −6700%	65−70 +6700%
Battlefield 5	5−6 −2460%	120−130 +2460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −1043%	80−85 +1043%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1367%	88 +1367%
Far Cry 5	10 −760%	85−90 +760%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 −1125%	95−100 +1125%
Forza Horizon 4	34 −465%	190−200 +465%
Hitman 3	8−9 −963%	85−90 +963%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −650%	160−170 +650%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −4133%	120−130 +4133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −1214%	90−95 +1214%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1567%	200 +1567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 −242%	80−85 +242%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −231%	120−130 +231%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −833%	80−85 +833%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −6700%	65−70 +6700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −1043%	80−85 +1043%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1167%	76 +1167%
Far Cry 5	8 −975%	85−90 +975%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1180%	190−200 +1180%
Hitman 3	8−9 −963%	85−90 +963%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −650%	160−170 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1383%	178 +1383%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 −1600%	102 +1600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −97.4%	77 +97.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−820%

90−95
+820%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −1420%	75−80 +1420%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1425%	60−65 +1425%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −2050%	40−45 +2050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2250%	45−50 +2250%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −4400%	45 +4400%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −1433%	45−50 +1433%
Hitman 3	8−9 −538%	50−55 +538%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −1129%	85−90 +1129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −2800%	55−60 +2800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −1035%	190−200 +1035%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−1033%

65−70
+1033%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1550%	30−35 +1550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2400%	24−27 +2400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2400%	24−27 +2400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	55−60
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −2900%	30 +2900%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−775%

35−40
+775%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	129 +0%	129 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	63 +0%	63 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	18 +0%	18 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	68 +0%	68 +0%

This is how GeForce 940M and RTX A5500 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX A5500 Mobile is 611% faster in 1080p
GeForce 940M is 25% faster in 1440p
RTX A5500 Mobile is 93% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX A5500 Mobile is 6700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX A5500 Mobile is ahead in 61 test (86%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.92	45.10
Recency	13 March 2015	22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	165 Watt

GeForce 940M has 120% lower power consumption.

RTX A5500 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1444.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A5500 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 940M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 940M is a notebook graphics card while RTX A5500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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