GeForce 940A and Radeon HD 8730M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 940A vs Radeon HD 8730M
GeForce 940A
1139
Radeon HD 8730M
786
GeForce 940A
Radeon HD 8730M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
GM108
Mars
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2015
November 2012
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x8
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
700 MHz
Core clock speed
1029 MHz
650 MHz
Floating-point performance
863.2 gflops
537.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
-
950 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
384
Power consumption (TDP)
33 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
17.98
16.80
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2002 MHz
2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
16.02 GB/s
32 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_1)
CUDA
5.0
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2.131