GeForce 940MX vs Radeon HD 7950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940MX and Radeon HD 7950. 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 940MX and Radeon HD 7950. 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.

GeForce 940MX is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 940MX 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 940MX here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 940MX Radeon HD 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 769% more power consumption, than GeForce 940MX.
  • GeForce 940MX is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 940MX has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7950.
  • GeForce 940MX is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7950 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 940MX is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce 940MX and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 940MX is 2750 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 8−9 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than GeForce 940MX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940MX Radeon HD 7950
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name N16S-GTR-B/S Tahiti
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 10 March 2016 31 January 2012
Pipelines 384 1792
Core clock speed 1122 MHz
Boost Clock 1242 MHz 1250 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 23.83 89.60
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 240 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 102 Mh/s 381 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
AppAcceleration +
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