GT 940M Benchmarks and Info

The GT 940M is a low tier GPU based on the Maxwell I GM108 core. It’s based on the previous generation GT 840M with the same GM108 core and performance is around the same. Released in 2015, it is still in use in some previous generation laptop models, but cost effectiveness is rather low compared to new low-tier GPUs like the Nvidia MX150 and the AMD Vega 8 iGPU inside the mobile Ryzen 2500U while prices are the same, if the laptop is carefully picked.

The performance of the GT 940M, like the 840M before it, is enough for low-medium graphics gaming@768p/1080p, but some of the more demanding 3D games won’t run smoothly even at 768p. For example, Fornite at medium settings will run at around 35-40FPS. The newer Nvidia MX150 is at least 50% faster and often is twice as fast for gaming, so a GT 940M and even the 940MX GDDR5 version competitiveness is low compared to a $450-$500 MX150 based laptop, and the GDDR5 version is the faster of them.

The GT 940M is an incarnation of the GT 840M which was incarnated into the 940MX which incarnated into the MX130 which is still in use in 2018.

At this point, it would be better to look for other GPUs, even for low priced machines. Laptop with the Nvidia MX150 GPU or the AMD 2500U CPU (with Vega 8 based iGPU) will be much preferable.