GeForce 940MX vs Quadro 5000M

Place in performance ranking	580	660
Place by popularity	not in top-100	92
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.08	0.23
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	Fermi	N16S-GTR-B/S
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	27 July 2010 (13 years ago)	10 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$3732	$950

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce 940MX has 188% better value for money than Quadro 5000M.

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	320	384
Core clock speed	405 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)	100 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.20	23.83
Floating-point performance	518.4 gflops	762.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro 5000M 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	MXM-B (3.0)	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	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	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 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	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	4.6	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.

Quadro 5000M 5.33
+35.6%

GeForce 940MX 3.93

Quadro 5000M outperforms GeForce 940MX by 36% based on our aggregate 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%

Quadro 5000M 2059
+35.8%

GeForce 940MX 1516

Quadro 5000M outperforms GeForce 940MX by 36% in Passmark.

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%

Quadro 5000M 7767

GeForce 940MX 8549
+10.1%

GeForce 940MX outperforms Quadro 5000M by 10% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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	24−27 +26.3%	19 −26.3%
4K	12−14 +20%	10 −20%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Battlefield 5	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Metro Exodus	10−12	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Battlefield 5	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Metro Exodus	10−12	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	no data
Far Cry 5	8−9	no data
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	no data
Hitman 3	9−10	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Metro Exodus	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	no data
Hitman 3	1−2	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	no data
Far Cry 5	3−4	no data
Forza Horizon 4	5−6	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6	no data
Metro Exodus	7−8	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

no data

This is how Quadro 5000M and GeForce 940MX compete in popular games:

Quadro 5000M is 26% faster in 1080p
Quadro 5000M is 20% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.33	3.93
Recency	27 July 2010	10 March 2016
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	23 Watt