GeForce 940M vs Radeon HD 6930

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 940M and Radeon HD 6930, 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 HD 6930, 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 HD 6930
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 186 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6930 has 148% more power consumption, than GeForce 940M.
  • GeForce 940M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 6930 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 940M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • GeForce 940M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6930 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 940M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6930 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940M is 322 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6930.
  • GeForce 940M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6930 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6930 is 2800 MHz higher, than GeForce 940M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 9−10
ultra / 1080p 1−2 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 21−24
medium / 1080p 4−5 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6930 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than GeForce 940M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon HD 6930
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 3
Code name N16S-GT-S/B Cayman
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2015 1 December 2011
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 750 MHz
Boost Clock 1176 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.22 60.00
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 1,920.0 gflops
Length 220 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 101 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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