GeForce 840M vs Radeon Pro WX 4100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro WX 4100 with GeForce 840M, including specs and performance data.

Pro WX 4100
2016
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
9.41
+234%

Pro WX 4100 outperforms GeForce 840M by a whopping 234% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking438758
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.880.14
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameBaffinN15S-GT
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date10 November 2016 (7 years ago)12 March 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data
Current price$711 (1.8x MSRP)$743

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro WX 4100 has 1243% better value for money than GeForce 840M.

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 cores1024384
Core clock speed1125 MHz1029 MHz
Boost clock speed1201 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt33 Watt
Texture fill rate76.8617.98
Floating-point performance2,460 gflops863.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Pro WX 4100 and GeForce 840M 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 sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s16.02 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boostno data2.0
Optimusno data+
GameWorksno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDAno 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.

Pro WX 4100 9.41
+234%
GeForce 840M 2.82

Radeon Pro WX 4100 outperforms GeForce 840M by 234% 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%

Pro WX 4100 3635
+234%
GeForce 840M 1088

Radeon Pro WX 4100 outperforms GeForce 840M by 234% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Pro WX 4100 19002
+236%
GeForce 840M 5658

Radeon Pro WX 4100 outperforms GeForce 840M by 236% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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:

900p150−160
+233%
45
−233%
Full HD60−65
+233%
18
−233%

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
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Hitman 3 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+280%
5−6
−280%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Hitman 3 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+280%
5−6
−280%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9
+350%
2−3
−350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+280%
5−6
−280%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
+500%
1−2
−500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

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
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Hitman 3 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

This is how Pro WX 4100 and GeForce 840M compete in popular games:

  • Pro WX 4100 is 233% faster in 900p
  • Pro WX 4100 is 233% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.41 2.82
Recency 10 November 2016 12 March 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 33 Watt

The Radeon Pro WX 4100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 840M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 4100 is a workstation card while GeForce 840M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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