GeForce 940A vs Radeon HD 7790

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940A and Radeon HD 7790. 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 940A and Radeon HD 7790. 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.

Main Specs

  GeForce 940A Radeon HD 7790
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7790 has 157% more power consumption, than GeForce 940A.
  • GeForce 940A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 7790 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 940A and Radeon HD 7790 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 940A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7790 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940A is 29 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7790.
  • GeForce 940A and Radeon HD 7790 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7790 is 3998 MHz higher, than GeForce 940A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 16−18
ultra / 1080p 2−3 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 5−6 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7790 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than GeForce 940A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940A Radeon HD 7790
Architecture Maxwell GCN 2.0
Code name GM108 Bonaire
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 22 March 2013
Pipelines 384 896
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 56.00
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 1,792 gflops
Length 183 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 96 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 218 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.2 Mh/s
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