AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940A
AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940A

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce 940A. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

822
Place in performance rating
610
GCN
Architecture
Maxwell
Jet
Code name
GM108
Laptop
Type
Desktop
4 June 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Jet UL(T) DDR3
GPU code name
GM108
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce 940A based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

320
Pipelines
384
855 / 514 MHz
Core clock speed
1029 MHz
855 MHz
Boost Clock
1124 MHz
690 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
33 Watt
17.10
Texture fill rate
17.98
no data
Floating-point performance
863.2 gflops
576
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
940 MHz
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
690 million
Number of transistors
no data
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
33 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce 940A.

IGP
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
medium sized
Laptop size
no data

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 Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce 940A can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
no data
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
no data
Memory bus width
64 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
2002 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
16.02 GB/s
+
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce 940A, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
Eyefinity
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce 940A is the additional functionality.

+
AppAcceleration
no data
+
Enduro
no data
+
PowerPlay
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce 940A. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and NVIDIA GeForce 940A 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 Radeon R6 M255DX or NVIDIA GeForce 940A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
NVIDIA GeForce 940A
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
NVIDIA GeForce 940A
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
NVIDIA GeForce 940A
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
NVIDIA GeForce 940A
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
NVIDIA GeForce 940A
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 Radeon R6 M255DX

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 940A

2.13% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 320)

So, AMD Radeon R6 M255DX or NVIDIA GeForce 940A?

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

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX versus NVIDIA GeForce 940A performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 940A