GeForce 940A vs Radeon RX 560X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940A and Radeon RX 560X. 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 RX 560X. 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 940A
Radeon RX 560X

Main Specs

  GeForce 940A Radeon RX 560X
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon RX 560X has 127% more power consumption, than GeForce 940A.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon RX 560X has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 940A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 940A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 560X - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560X is 146 MHz higher, than GeForce 940A.
  • GeForce 940A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560X - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 560X is 4998 MHz higher, than GeForce 940A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 18−20
ultra / 1080p 2−3 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 35−40
medium / 1080p 5−6 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 560X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than GeForce 940A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940A Radeon RX 560X
Architecture Maxwell GCN 4.0
Code name GM108 Polaris 21
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 11 April 2018
Pipelines 384 1024
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1175 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1275 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 81.60
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 2,611 gflops
Length 170 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0