GeForce 940A vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940A and Radeon R6 Kaveri. 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 R6 Kaveri. 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.

Radeon R6 Kaveri is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 Radeon R6 Kaveri here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 940A Radeon R6 Kaveri
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce 940A is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 940A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940A is 496 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
  • GeForce 940A and Radeon R6 Kaveri are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 0−1
ultra / 1080p 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 1−2
medium / 1080p 5−6 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 940A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940A Radeon R6 Kaveri
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.1
Code name GM108 Kaveri
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 4 June 2014
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 533 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 654 MHz
Transistor count 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size medium sized
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