AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
AMD Baffin
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
538
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Baffin
Code name
GM108
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
10 March 2016 (5 years ago)
$78
Price now
$950
4.0
GCN generation
no data
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Value for money
0.81
Baffin
GPU code name
N16S-GTR-B/S
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
384
855 MHz
Core clock speed
1122 MHz
1200 MHz
Boost Clock
993 MHz
3,000 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 W
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
23.83
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
1242 MHz
3,000 million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
23 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX.

Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
Laptop size
medium sized
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX can be seen in this section.

Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
40.1 GB/s
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX is the additional functionality.

GPU Boost
2.0
CUDA
+
GeForce Experience
+
Optimus
+
GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
Vulkan
1.1
Shader Model
5.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Baffin and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce 940MX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 48.3 23 17.6 11.2
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Baffin
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Baffin

Cheaper ($78 vs $950)

More pipelines (1024 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

6.94% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (23 Watt vs 80 W)

So, AMD Baffin or NVIDIA GeForce 940MX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 940MX .

AMD Baffin versus NVIDIA GeForce 940MX performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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