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    GeForce 940M vs GeForce GTX 970M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940M and GeForce GTX 970M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 940M and GeForce GTX 970M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce 940M and GeForce GTX 970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 940M and GeForce GTX 970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or GeForce GTX 970M here:

    GeForce 940M Laptops
    GeForce GTX 970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 940M GeForce GTX 970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce 940M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and GeForce GTX 970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • GeForce GTX 970M has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 940M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 940M and GeForce GTX 970M are build with Maxwell architecture.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce 940M is 148 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 970M.
    • GeForce 940M and GeForce GTX 970M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 970M is 500 MHz higher, than GeForce 940M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 2−3 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 12−14 60−65
    medium / 1080p 4−5 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 720% more, than GeForce 940M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 940M GeForce GTX 970M
    Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
    Code name N16S-GT-S/B GM204
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 7 October 2014
    Pipelines 384 1280
    Core clock speed 1072 MHz 924 MHz
    Boost Clock 1176 MHz 1038 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 5,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 28.22 83.04
    Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 2,657 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 192 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 120 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 6.4
    OpenGL 4.5 4.5
    OpenCL 1.2 1.1
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.126
    CUDA + +
    CUDA cores 1280
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 101 Mh/s 314 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus + +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0 2.0
    GameWorks + +
    BatteryBoost +
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