AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Vega 10 | GM107 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Vega 10 XL (215-0894216) | N16S-GT1-KB-B |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Maxwell |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 1,870 million |
| Die size | 495 mm² | 148 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jun 1st, 2018 | Mar 13th, 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Mobility Radeon (Vega) | GeForce 900M |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Reviews | 23 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Crystal System | GeForce 800M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 10 Mobile |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1138 MHz | 1020 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1301 MHz | 1098 MHz |
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 8 GB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | HBM2 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 2048 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 14.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 3584 | 512 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 224 | 32 |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| Compute units | 56 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| SMM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 83.26 GPixel/s | 17.57 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 291.4 GTexel/s | 35.14 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 18.65 TFLOPS (2:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 9.326 TFLOPS | 1,124 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 582.8 GFLOPS (1:16) | 35.14 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 105 mm 4.1 inches | — |
| TDP | 120 W | 75 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 5.0 |
