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 ReBAR ray_tracing

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).