GeForce 940M vs Radeon E8860

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 940M and Radeon E8860, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 940M stacks up against Radeon E8860, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 940M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 940M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce 940M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 37 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce 940M has 102% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce 940M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon E8860 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 940M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce 940M is used in Laptops, and Radeon E8860 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 940M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940M is 497 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce 940M and Radeon E8860 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon E8860 is 2500 MHz higher, than GeForce 940M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 7−8
ultra / 1080p 1−2 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 18−20
medium / 1080p 4−5 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon E8860 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce 940M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon E8860
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name N16S-GT-S/B Venus
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2015 25 January 2014
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 1176 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.22 25.00
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 101 Mh/s 48 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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