Radeon R5 230 vs GeForce 840M

Place in performance ranking	758	1170
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.14	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	N15S-GT	Caicos
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	12 March 2014 (10 years ago)	3 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Current price	$743	$76

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce 840M and R5 230 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	160
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.98	5.000
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	200.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 840M and Radeon R5 230 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 1.0 x4
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	N/A

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 type	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB/s	10.67 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity	no data	1
HDMI	no data	+
DisplayPort support	no data	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	no data	-
CrossFire	no data	1
Enduro	no data	-
HD3D	no data	-
PowerTune	no data	-
TrueAudio	no data	-
ZeroCore	no data	-
PowerPlay	no data	+
DDMA audio	no data	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	no data
GameWorks	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	no data
Mantle	no data	-
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 840M 2.82
+395%

R5 230 0.57

GeForce 840M outperforms Radeon R5 230 by 395% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce 840M 1088
+392%

R5 230 221

GeForce 840M outperforms Radeon R5 230 by 392% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	45 +400%	9−10 −400%
Full HD	18 +500%	3−4 −500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+400%

1−2

−400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Battlefield 5	4−5	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +533%	3−4 −533%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Battlefield 5	4−5	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +533%	3−4 −533%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9 +800%	1−2 −800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +533%	3−4 −533%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+600%

1−2

−600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Hitman 3	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+500%

1−2

−500%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	0−1
Metro Exodus	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1