GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between GeForce GTX 950 Low Power  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 940MX.

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Place in performance rating
538
Maxwell 2.0
Architecture
Maxwell
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Code name
GM108
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Type
Laptop
1 March 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
10 March 2016 (5 years ago)
$159
Launch price (MSRP)
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$109 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$950
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Value for money
0.81
GM206
GPU code name
N16S-GTR-B/S
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between GeForce GTX 950 Low Power  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 940MX in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
384
1026 MHz
Core clock speed
1122 MHz
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Boost Clock
993 MHz
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Transistor count
1,870 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
57.12
Texture fill rate
23.83
1,828 gflops
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
768
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1190 MHz
Boost clock speed
1242 MHz
2,940 million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
23 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards GeForce GTX 950 Low Power and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
202 mm
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
medium sized
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between GeForce GTX 950 Low Power vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
6612 MHz
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
105.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
40.1 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between GeForce GTX 950 Low Power vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
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HDMI
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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GPU Boost
2.0
5.2
CUDA
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GeForce Experience
+
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Optimus
+
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GameWorks
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders GeForce GTX 950 Low Power and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce GTX 950 Low Power and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce GTX 950 Low Power or NVIDIA GeForce 940MX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 48.3 23 17.6 11.2
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce GTX 950 Low Power
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 950 Low Power

Cheaper ($109 (0.7x MSRP) vs $950)

More memory bandwidth (105.8 GB/s vs 40.1 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

8.1% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, GeForce GTX 950 Low Power or NVIDIA GeForce 940MX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 940MX .

GeForce GTX 950 Low Power versus NVIDIA GeForce 940MX performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

2.3 Out of 3 Hitesti Score
3.8 Out of 284 Hitesti Score