AMD Radeon R9 M275 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940A
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Venus | GM108 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Venus XTX | N16S-GT-S |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Maxwell |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | unknown |
| Die size | 123 mm² | unknown |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 28th, 2014 | Mar 13th, 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Crystal System (R9 M200) | GeForce 900A |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Predecessor | Solar System | GeForce 800A |
| Successor | Mobility Radeon | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 900 MHz | 1072 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 925 MHz | 1176 MHz |
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 4 Gbps effective | 1001 MHz 2 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 64.00 GB/s | 16.02 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 640 | 384 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 40 | 16 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Compute units | 10 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 1024 KB |
| SMM count | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 14.80 GPixel/s | 9.408 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 37.00 GTexel/s | 18.82 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,184 GFLOPS | 903.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 74.00 GFLOPS (1:16) | 28.22 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | unknown | 33 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Slot width | — | IGP |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 5.0 |
