Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce 940M
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce 940M — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4070
- + Release year (+8)
- + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+1100 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+490 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-23 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+33,930M)
- + CUDA cores (+5504)
- + TMUs (+160)
- + ROPs (+56)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+28.25 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+140.83 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+420.26 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+25.1)
- + PassMark (overall) (+18356)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+28429)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+162670)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+154736)
- + Normalized score (+78.2)
B
GeForce 940M
- + Die size (mm²) (+146 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
|
Component B
GeForce 940M
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+8) | 2015 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+6 GB) | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2000 MHz (+1100 MHz) | 900 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 504 GB/s (+490 GB/s) | 14 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+128 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+40 W) | 75 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 5 nm (-23 nm) | 28 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 35,800M (+33,930M) | 1,870M |
| Die size (mm²) | 294 mm² | 148 mm² (+146 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | 1020 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1098 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+5504) | 384 |
| TMUs | 184 (+160) | 24 |
| ROPs | 64 (+56) | 8 |
| RT cores | 46 | — |
| Tensor cores | 184 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.15 TFLOPS (+28.25 TFLOPS) | 0.90 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 158.40 GPixel/s (+140.83 GPixel/s) | 17.57 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 455.40 GTexel/s (+420.26 GTexel/s) | 35.14 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 31.5 (+25.1) | 6.4 |
| PassMark (overall) | 19,489 (+18356) | 1,133 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 11,960 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 30,051 (+28429) | 1,622 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 168,695 (+162670) | 6,025 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 159,285 (+154736) | 4,549 |
| Normalized score | 84.5 (+78.2) | 6.2 |
Only in component A
DLSS
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In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4070 | GeForce 940M | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anno 1800 | 92 FPS | 7 FPS | +1214.3% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 140 FPS | 17 FPS | +723.5% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 250 FPS | 9 FPS | +2677.8% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 135 FPS | 5 FPS | +2600% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 49 FPS | +263.3% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 139 FPS | 11 FPS | +1163.6% (A) |
| Fortnite | 200 FPS | 36 FPS | +455.6% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 180 FPS | 14 FPS | +1185.7% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 190 FPS | 6 FPS | +3066.7% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 134 FPS | 14 FPS | +857.1% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 111 FPS | 2 FPS | +5450% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 160 FPS | 3 FPS | +5233.3% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 229 FPS | 10 FPS | +2190% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 124 FPS | 10 FPS | +1140% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 133 FPS | 9 FPS | +1377.8% (A) |
| Valorant | 260 FPS | 40 FPS | +550% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4070 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).