GeForce 940MX vs GTX 460M SLI

Place in the ranking	641	705
Place by popularity	not in top-100	81
Power efficiency	no data	11.79
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	N11E-GS	GM107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 September 2010 (14 years ago)	28 June 2016 (8 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	512
Core clock speed	675 MHz	795 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	861 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	27.55
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.8817 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	8
TMUs	no data	32

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	large	medium sized
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x1536 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	40.1 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 data

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost	no data	2.0
Optimus	-	+
GameWorks	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.5
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.1.126
CUDA	+	+

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.

GTX 460M SLI 4.75
+26.3%

GeForce 940MX 3.76

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.

GTX 460M SLI 3313
+29.6%

GeForce 940MX 2556

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.

GTX 460M SLI 14236
+66.5%

GeForce 940MX 8549

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:

900p	52 +30%	40−45 −30%
Full HD	63 +271%	17 −271%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +36.4%	10−12 −36.4%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +23.5%	16−18 −23.5%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +9.1%	11 −9.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%
Valorant	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +36.4%	11 −36.4%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Dota 2	16−18 −56.3%	25 +56.3%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −8.3%	26 +8.3%
Fortnite	27−30 +81.3%	16 −81.3%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +23.5%	16−18 −23.5%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +23.1%	13 −23.1%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +33.3%	9−10 −33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +40%	30 −40%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +15.4%	12−14 −15.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +33.3%	12 −33.3%
Valorant	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%
World of Tanks	80−85 +39.7%	58 −39.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +36.4%	10−12 −36.4%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Dota 2	16−18 −188%	46 +188%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +14.3%	21−24 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +23.5%	16−18 −23.5%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +320%	10 −320%
Valorant	14−16 +55.6%	9−10 −55.6%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +18.5%	27−30 −18.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
World of Tanks	35−40 +28.6%	27−30 −28.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Metro Exodus	4−5	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Valorant	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Fortnite	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Valorant	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

This is how GTX 460M SLI and GeForce 940MX compete in popular games:

GTX 460M SLI is 30% faster in 900p
GTX 460M SLI is 271% faster in 1080p

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 460M SLI is 320% faster.
in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GeForce 940MX is 188% faster.

All in all, in popular games: