GeForce 940M and GeForce GT 620M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 940M vs GeForce GT 620M
GeForce 940M
1156
GeForce GT 620M
447
GeForce 940M
GeForce GT 620M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N16S-GT-S/B
N13P-GLP / N13M-GS
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2015
March 2012
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x16
Boost clock speed
1176 MHz
715 MHz
Core clock speed
1072 MHz
Up to 625 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
903.2 gflops
253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
96
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
28.22
Up to 10.0 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
Up to 128bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
Up to 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
HDMI
-
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
Up to 2048x1536
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
GameWorks
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
+
+