NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Compare NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

13991 points

4472% significantly better overall score

306 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

333 FPS

325 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

8 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

169 FPS

163 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

6 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

241 FPS

235 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

5 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

134 FPS

129 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

5 FPS

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3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

19931 points

3199% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

604 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

5820.93 points

9819% significantly higher Blender score

58.68 points

Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

CUDA compute benchmark

238123 points

3642% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (CUDA) score

6363 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

204921 points

3013% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

6582 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

138859 points

2284% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

5823 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

194465 points

2933% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

6410 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

179816 points

3053% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

5702 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1400 MHz

39% slightly higher core clock speed

1004 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1695 MHz

36% slightly higher boost clock speed

1242 MHz

Memory Bus Width

Number of parallel lines to the memory chips

384 Bit

499% significantly larger memory bus width

64 Bit

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU core and memory

936.2 GB/s

5743% significantly higher memory bandwidth

16.02 GB/s

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

350 W

23 W

1421% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

189.8 Gigapixels/s

1810% significantly higher pixel rate

9.94 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

556 Gigatexels/s

1765% significantly higher texture rate

29.81 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

10496

2633% significantly more shading units

384

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

328

1266% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

112

1300% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

25th of 586

376th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 September

2016 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR6X

DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

GeForce RTX 3090 vs GeForce 940MX benchmarks

For gaming, the GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card is better than the GeForce 940MX in our tests.

Our database shows that the GeForce RTX 3090 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 RTX 3090 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the GeForce 940MX has a significantly lower TDP at 23 W when compared to the GeForce RTX 3090 at 350 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce RTX 3090 over the GeForce 940MX.