GeForce 940MX vs GTX 465

Place in performance ranking	524	659
Place by popularity	not in top-100	73
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.46	0.22
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	GF100	N16S-GTR-B/S
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	31 May 2010 (13 years ago)	10 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data
Current price	$15.99 (0.1x MSRP)	$950

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 465 has 1473% better value for money than GeForce 940MX.

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	352	384
CUDA cores	352	no data
Core clock speed	607 MHz	1122 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1242 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	23 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	26.7 billion/sec	23.83
Floating-point performance	855.4 gflops	762.6 gflops
Compute performance	30x	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 465 and GeForce 940MX 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	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pins	None
SLI options	+	no data

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	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1603 MHz (3206 data rate)	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	102.6 GB/s	40.1 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	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

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	no data	+
GameWorks	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.

GTX 465 6.91
+76.7%

GeForce 940MX 3.91

GTX 465 outperforms 940MX by 77% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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%

GTX 465 2673
+76.7%

GeForce 940MX 1513

GTX 465 outperforms 940MX by 77% in Passmark.

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%

GTX 465 9276
+49.5%

GeForce 940MX 6204

GTX 465 outperforms 940MX by 50% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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	30−35 +66.7%	18 −66.7%
4K	16−18 +60%	10 −60%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.91	3.91
Recency	31 May 2010	10 March 2016
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	23 Watt