Radeon X1650 GT vs GeForce 940MX

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	660	not rated
Place by popularity	73	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.22	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	N16S-GTR-B/S	RV560
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	10 March 2016 (8 years ago)	1 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Current price	$950	$40

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	1122 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1242 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	330 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	23.83	3.200
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 940MX and Radeon X1650 GT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB/s	12.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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	+	no data
GameWorks	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 March 2016	1 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	80 nm

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