GeForce 940MX vs GTX 880M SLI

Place in performance ranking	233	660
Place by popularity	not in top-100	92
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.23
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	N15E-GX-A2	N16S-GTR-B/S
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	10 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$3098	$950

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 880M SLI and GeForce 940MX have a nearly equal value for money.

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	3072	384
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1122 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1242 MHz
Number of transistors	2x 3540 Million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	206 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	23.83
Floating-point performance	no data	762.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 880M SLI and GeForce 940MX 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	large	medium sized
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	2x 8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4000 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	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.5
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	no data	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 880M SLI 21.99
+460%

GeForce 940MX 3.93

GTX 880M SLI outperforms 940MX by 460% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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%

GTX 880M SLI 15823
+519%

GeForce 940MX 2556

GTX 880M SLI outperforms 940MX by 519% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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%

GTX 880M SLI 36366
+325%

GeForce 940MX 8549

GTX 880M SLI outperforms 940MX by 325% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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%

GTX 880M SLI 11817
+492%

GeForce 940MX 1996

GTX 880M SLI outperforms 940MX by 492% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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%

GTX 880M SLI 77057
+569%

GeForce 940MX 11513

GTX 880M SLI outperforms 940MX by 569% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 880M SLI 146
+479%

GeForce 940MX 25

GTX 880M SLI outperforms 940MX by 479% in Unigine Heaven 3.0.

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	70 +268%	19 −268%
4K	55−60 +450%	10 −450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

35−40

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Battlefield 5	70−75	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	50−55	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60	no data
Forza Horizon 4	95−100	no data
Hitman 3	40−45	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Metro Exodus	70−75	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Battlefield 5	70−75	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	50−55	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60	no data
Forza Horizon 4	95−100	no data
Hitman 3	40−45	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Metro Exodus	70−75	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	50−55	no data
Forza Horizon 4	95−100	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	60−65	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +600%	3−4 −600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	no data
Far Cry 5	35−40	no data
Forza Horizon 4	40−45	no data
Hitman 3	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50	no data
Metro Exodus	40−45 +486%	7−8 −486%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +488%	8−9 −488%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18	no data
Hitman 3	16−18	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +475%	4−5 −475%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	30−33	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27	no data
Metro Exodus	21−24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data