GeForce 940M and GeForce GT 720M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 940M vs GeForce GT 720M
GeForce 940M
1156
GeForce GT 720M
475
GeForce 940M
GeForce GT 720M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N16S-GT-S/B
N14M-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2015
April 2013
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x8
Boost clock speed
1176 MHz
938 MHz
Core clock speed
1072 MHz
625 MHz
Floating-point performance
903.2 gflops
240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
96
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
33 Watt
Texture fill rate
28.22
12.13
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
-
DDR3
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
-
Up to 2560x1600
LVDS signal support
-
Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support
-
Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
-
Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
-
+
HDMI
-
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
-
+
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
1.1.126
Blu-Ray 3D Support
-
+
GameWorks
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
Optimus
+
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
-
+