GeForce 940M vs Radeon HD 4890

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 940M and Radeon HD 4890, 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 4890, 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 4890
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 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 S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4890 has 153% more power consumption, than GeForce 940M.
  • GeForce 940M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 4890 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 940M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • GeForce 940M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 4890 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 940M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 4890 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940M is 222 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4890.
  • GeForce 940M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4890 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4890 is 1900 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 16−18
medium / 1080p 4−5 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4890 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 80% more, than GeForce 940M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon HD 4890
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale
Code name N16S-GT-S/B RV790
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2015 2 April 2009
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1176 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 959 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 28.22 34.00
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 1,360.0 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 3900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 124.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
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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