GeForce 940M vs Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 940M and Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri, 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 R7 384 Cores Kaveri, check out specs charts below.
Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri

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 R7 384 Cores Kaveri
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce 940M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 940M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940M is 352 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri.
  • GeForce 940M and Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

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 R7 384 Cores Kaveri in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce 940M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon R7 384 Cores Kaveri
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name N16S-GT-S/B Kaveri Spectre
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2015 14 January 2014
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 720 MHz
Boost Clock 1176 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.22
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.2
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
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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