GeForce 940M vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940M and Radeon RX 480 mobile. 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 RX 480 mobile. 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 RX 480 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 940M and Radeon RX 480 mobile 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 RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce 940M.
  • GeForce 940M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 4 GB more memory, than GeForce 940M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 940M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • GeForce 940M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 6000 MHz higher, than GeForce 940M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 12−14
ultra / 1080p 1−2 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 27−30
medium / 1080p 4−5 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 480 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 220% more, than GeForce 940M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940M Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name N16S-GT-S/B Polaris
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2015 1 August 2016
Pipelines 384 2304
Core clock speed 1072 MHz
Boost Clock 1176 MHz 1077 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 28.22 155.1
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 4,963 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 101 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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