NVIDIA GeForce 840M vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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Combined performance score

Vega Frontier Edition
34.39
+1128%

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce 840M by 1128% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking141755
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.170.13
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameVega 10N15S-GT
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 June 2017 (6 years old)12 March 2014 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data
Current price$961 (1x MSRP)$743
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Vega Frontier Edition has 4646% better value for money than GeForce 840M.

Technical specs

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 cores4096384
Core clock speed1382 MHz1029 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt33 Watt
Texture fill rate409.617.98
Floating-point performance13,107 gflops863.2 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

Memory

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 typeHBM2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount16 GB4 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1890 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s16.02 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

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 support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.1251.1.126
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.

Vega Frontier Edition 34.39
+1128%
GeForce 840M 2.80

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce 840M by 1128% in our combined 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%

Vega Frontier Edition 13326
+1128%
GeForce 840M 1085

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce 840M by 1128% 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%

Vega Frontier Edition 76021
+1256%
GeForce 840M 5605

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce 840M by 1256% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Vega Frontier Edition 73760
+1423%
GeForce 840M 4843

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms GeForce 840M by 1423% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

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:

900p550−600
+1122%
45
−1122%
Full HD220−230
+1122%
18
−1122%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 34.39 2.80
Recency 27 June 2017 12 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 33 Watt

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 840M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a desktop 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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