Qualcomm Adreno 840 vs A16 PCIe

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

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ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2025)no data
GPU code nameGA107no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date12 April 2021 (4 years ago)24 September 2025 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560 ×4no data
Core clock speed885 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattno data
Texture fill rate135.6 ×4no data
Floating-point processing power8.678 TFLOPS ×4no data
ROPs48 ×4no data
TMUs80 ×4no data
Tensor Cores80 ×4no data
Ray Tracing Cores20 ×4no data
L1 Cache2.5 MBno data
L2 Cache2 MBno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6LPDDR5x
Maximum RAM amount16 GB ×4no data
Memory bus width128 Bit ×4no data
Memory clock speed1812 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth231.9 GB/s ×4no data
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Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.6-
DLSS+-

Pros & cons summary

Recency 12 April 2021 24 September 2025

Qualcomm Adreno 840 has an age advantage of 4 years.

We couldn't decide between A16 PCIe and Qualcomm Adreno 840. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A16 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while Qualcomm Adreno 840 is a notebook one.

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