NVIDIA GeForce 940M
VS
Radeon 8500
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
VS
Radeon 8500

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 NVIDIA GeForce 940M  vs  Radeon 8500.

620
Place in performance rating
not rated
Maxwell
Architecture
Rage 7
GM108
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
no data
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
14 August 2001 (20 years ago)
$879
Price now
$293
0.38
Value for money
no data
N16S-GT-S/B
GPU code name
R200
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 940M  vs  Radeon 8500 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.

384
Pipelines
no data
1072 MHz
Core clock speed
275 MHz
1176 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,870 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
28.22
Texture fill rate
2.200
903.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
1176 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,870 million
Number of transistors
60 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
23 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 940M and Radeon 8500 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
AGP 4x
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs Radeon 8500.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
550 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
8.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 940M vs Radeon 8500.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Technologies

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

2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameWorks
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 940M and Radeon 8500 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 (11_0)
DirectX
8.1
4.5
OpenGL
1.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
N/A
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
N/A

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 940M and Radeon 8500 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 NVIDIA GeForce 940M or Radeon 8500 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Radeon 8500
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Radeon 8500
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Radeon 8500
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Radeon 8500
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Radeon 8500
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 NVIDIA GeForce 940M

6.02% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 150 nm)

More memory bandwidth (14.4 GB/s vs 8.8 GB/s)

Advantages of Radeon 8500

Cheaper ($293 vs $879)

More maximum RAM amount (64 MB vs 4 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 940M or Radeon 8500?

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

NVIDIA GeForce 940M versus Radeon 8500 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.6 Out of 69 Hitesti Score
2.6 Out of 33 Hitesti Score