ATI Radeon 9500 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R300 | GM107 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R300 9500 PRO (215R8ABGA13F) | N16S-GT1-KB-B |
| Architecture | Rage 8 | Maxwell |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 110 million | 1,870 million |
| Die size | 215 mm² | 148 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 1st, 2002 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R300 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | AGP 8x | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R200 | — |
| Successor | Radeon R400 AGP | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 275 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 270 MHz 540 Mbps effective | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1020 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1098 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.640 GB/s | 14.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 4 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| Shading units | — | 512 |
| SMM count | — | 4 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | — | 2 MB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.200 GPixel/s | 17.57 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 275.0 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 2.200 GTexel/s | 35.14 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 1,124 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 35.14 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 75 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | A056 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Pixel shader | 2.0 | — |
| Vertex shader | 2.0 | — |
| CUDA | — | 5.0 |
| Shader model | — | 5.1 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Mar 13th, 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 900M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 800M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 10 Mobile |
