GeForce 940M and GeForce GT 240 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 940M vs GeForce GT 240
GeForce 940M
1156
GeForce GT 240
525
GeForce 940M
GeForce GT 240
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N16S-GT-S/B
GT215
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2015
November 2009
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
1176 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1072 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
903.2 gflops
257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
727 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
96
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105C C
Texture fill rate
28.22
17.60
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
54.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
DVIVGAHDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.2
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameWorks
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
+
-