GeForce 940M vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 940M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, 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 R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.
GeForce 940M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: GeForce 940M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:
Main Specs
GeForce 940M
Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
12-45 Watt
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
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GeForce 940M has 525% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
Both cards are used in Laptops.
GeForce 940M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
GeForce 940M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
2−3
3−4
ultra / 1080p
1−2
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
14−16
medium / 1080p
4−5
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than GeForce 940M.
high / 1080p
6−7
7−8
ultra / 1080p
4−5
5−6
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
16−18
18−20
medium / 1080p
6−7
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Battlefield 5 is 25% more, than GeForce 940M.
low / 768p
50−55
45−50
high / 1080p
40−45
40−45
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 940M in Call of Duty: Warzone is 4% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
120−130
120−130
medium / 768p
90−95
95−100
ultra / 1080p
40−45
45−50
QHD / 1440p
24−27
24−27
4K / 2160p
18−20
−
high / 768p
65−70
70−75
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 4% more, than GeForce 940M.
low / 768p
70−75
70−75
ultra / 1080p
18−20
20−22
medium / 1080p
45−50
40−45
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 940M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 2% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
low / 768p
70−75
75−80
medium / 768p
50−55
55−60
ultra / 1080p
24−27
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Dota 2 is 8% more, than GeForce 940M.
high / 1080p
3−4
4−5
ultra / 1080p
3−4
3−4
4K / 2160p
2−3
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
14−16
medium / 1080p
4−5
5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Far Cry 5 is 16% more, than GeForce 940M.
high / 1080p
10−11
12−14
ultra / 1080p
5−6
7−8
QHD / 1440p
2−3
4−5
low / 720p
50−55
55−60
medium / 1080p
12−14
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Fortnite is 18% more, than GeForce 940M.
high / 1080p
7−8
6−7
ultra / 1080p
6−7
6−7
QHD / 1440p
2−3
0−1
low / 720p
20−22
21−24
medium / 1080p
9−10
9−10
GeForce 940M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge have the same average FPS in Forza Horizon 4.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
medium / 768p
35−40
−
high / 1080p
6−7
8−9
ultra / 1080p
3−4
3−4
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
40−45
GeForce 940M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge have the same average FPS in Grand Theft Auto V.
high / 1080p
1−2
2−3
ultra / 1080p
0−1
0−1
4K / 2160p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
6−7
7−8
medium / 1080p
3−4
3−4
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Metro Exodus is 33% more, than GeForce 940M.
low / 768p
90−95
85−90
high / 1080p
85−90
65−70
ultra / 1080p
75−80
−
medium / 1080p
90−95
−
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 940M in Minecraft is 16% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
high / 1080p
14−16
−
ultra / 1080p
12−14
12−14
low / 720p
24−27
27−30
medium / 1080p
16−18
14−16
GeForce 940M and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge have the same average FPS in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.
high / 1080p
−
6−7
ultra / 1080p
4−5
4−5
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
5−6
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 20% more, than GeForce 940M.
low / 768p
14−16
16−18
medium / 768p
10−11
12−14
high / 1080p
5−6
6−7
ultra / 1080p
4−5
4−5
4K / 2160p
1−2
1−2
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 14% more, than GeForce 940M.
low / 768p
75−80
70−75
medium / 768p
40−45
35−40
ultra / 1080p
14−16
16−18
high / 768p
30−35
30−35
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 940M in World of Tanks is 5% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
Full Specs
GeForce 940M
Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture
Maxwell
GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name
N16S-GT-S/B
Bristol Ridge
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
12 March 2015
1 June 2016
Pipelines
384
384
Core clock speed
1072 MHz
Boost Clock
1176 MHz
800 MHz
Transistor count
1,870 million
3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
28.22
Floating-point performance
903.2 gflops
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
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
medium sized
Optimus
+
GPU Boost
2.0
GameWorks
+
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