GeForce 940M vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940M and Radeon R7 Carrizo. 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 940M and Radeon R7 Carrizo. 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 940M and Radeon R7 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 940M and Radeon R7 Carrizo 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 R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 12-35 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 R7 Carrizo.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 940M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce 940M and Radeon R7 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 2−3
ultra / 1080p 1−2 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 12−14
medium / 1080p 4−5 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 Carrizo in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than GeForce 940M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name N16S-GT-S/B Carrizo
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2015 4 June 2015
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 1072 MHz
Boost Clock 1176 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2410 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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