GeForce 940A vs Quadro CX

Place in the ranking	908	858
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Power efficiency	1.16	6.21
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GT200B	GM108
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	11 November 2008 (17 years ago)	13 March 2015 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

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	192	384
Core clock speed	602 MHz	1029 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1124 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	38.53	17.98
Floating-point processing power	0.4623 TFLOPS	0.8632 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	8
TMUs	64	16
L1 Cache	no data	192 KB
L2 Cache	192 KB	1024 KB

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	16.02 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	1.3	5.0

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Quadro CX 2.26

GeForce 940A 2.66
+17.7%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro CX 947
Samples: 3

GeForce 940A 1113
+17.5%

Samples: 8

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.26	2.66
Recency	11 November 2008	13 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	33 Watt

Quadro CX has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GeForce 940A, on the other hand, has a 18% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 96% more advanced lithography process, and 355% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 940A is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro CX in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro CX is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 940A is a notebook one.