Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce 940M
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce 940M — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3070
- + Release year (+6)
- + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+850 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+434 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+192 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+50 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-20 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+15,530M)
- + CUDA cores (+5504)
- + TMUs (+160)
- + ROPs (+88)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+19.41 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+148.03 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+282.26 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+16.8)
- + PassMark (overall) (+13231)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+23856)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+117454)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+116433)
- + Normalized score (+72.3)
B
GeForce 940M
- + Die size (mm²) (+244 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
|
Component B
GeForce 940M
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+6) | 2015 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+6 GB) | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz (+850 MHz) | 900 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 448 GB/s (+434 GB/s) | 14 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit (+192 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 125 W (+50 W) | 75 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-20 nm) | 28 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 17,400M (+15,530M) | 1,870M |
| Die size (mm²) | 392 mm² | 148 mm² (+244 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | 1020 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1098 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+5504) | 384 |
| TMUs | 184 (+160) | 24 |
| ROPs | 96 (+88) | 8 |
| RT cores | 46 | — |
| Tensor cores | 184 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 20.31 TFLOPS (+19.41 TFLOPS) | 0.90 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 165.60 GPixel/s (+148.03 GPixel/s) | 17.57 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 317.40 GTexel/s (+282.26 GTexel/s) | 35.14 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 23.2 (+16.8) | 6.4 |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,364 (+13231) | 1,133 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 9,619 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 25,478 (+23856) | 1,622 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 123,479 (+117454) | 6,025 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 120,982 (+116433) | 4,549 |
| Normalized score | 78.5 (+72.3) | 6.2 |
Only in component A
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In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce 940M | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anno 1800 | 35 FPS | 7 FPS | +400% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 120 FPS | 17 FPS | +605.9% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 241 FPS | 9 FPS | +2577.8% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 119 FPS | 5 FPS | +2280% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 130 FPS | 49 FPS | +165.3% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 119 FPS | 11 FPS | +981.8% (A) |
| Fortnite | 150 FPS | 36 FPS | +316.7% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 189 FPS | 14 FPS | +1250% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 159 FPS | 6 FPS | +2550% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 58 FPS | 14 FPS | +314.3% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 97 FPS | 2 FPS | +4750% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 140 FPS | 3 FPS | +4566.7% (A) |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 139 FPS | 10 FPS | +1290% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 72 FPS | 11 FPS | +554.5% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 170 FPS | 10 FPS | +1600% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 122 FPS | 10 FPS | +1120% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 101 FPS | 9 FPS | +1022.2% (A) |
| Valorant | 210 FPS | 40 FPS | +425% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3070 wins 20 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).