NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Price

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$ 169.99

$ 14.00

$ 155.99 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

1159 points

256% significantly better overall score

325 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

26 FPS

18 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

8 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

18 FPS

12 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

6 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

18 FPS

12 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

6 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

14 FPS

9 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

5 FPS

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3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

2076 points

310% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

506 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.58 points

252% significantly higher Blender score

48.42 points

Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

CUDA compute benchmark

17206 points

192% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

5882 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

18573 points

199% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

6193 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

17953 points

228% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

5469 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

17967 points

186% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

6264 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

17163 points

205% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

5609 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1354 MHz

32% slightly higher core clock speed

1020 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1455 MHz

32% slightly higher boost clock speed

1098 MHz

Memory Bus Width

Number of parallel lines to the memory chips

128 Bit

100% significantly larger memory bus width

64 Bit

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU core and memory

112.1 GB/s

678% significantly higher memory bandwidth

14.4 GB/s

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

75 W

Identical

75 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

46.56 Gigapixels/s

164% significantly higher pixel rate

17.57 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

58.2 Gigatexels/s

65% significantly higher texture rate

35.14 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

640

25% slightly more shading units

512

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

25% slightly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

100% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

253rd of 586

367th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 October

2015 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.5

4.6

GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce 940M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the GeForce GTX 1050 beats the GeForce 940M in gaming performance.

In our comparison, the GeForce GTX 1050 has a slightly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the GeForce GTX 1050 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. The boost clock speed is the frequency that the GPU core can reach if the temperature is low enough. The allows for higher performance in certain scenarios.

In addition, both the GeForce GTX 1050 and the GeForce 940M have an identical TDP. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce GTX 1050 over the GeForce 940M.