NVIDIA GeForce 840M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 840M

GeForce 840M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 March 2014. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Maxwell microarchitecture codenamed GM108.

Core clock speed - 1029 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1124 MHz. Texture fill rate - 17.98 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 863.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Power consumption (TDP) - 33 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 2002 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 16.02 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38754
1086
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1310
149
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
351431
5605
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
22.848 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
162.594 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.237 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
21.150 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
95.545 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
2085 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2736 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3191 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
2085.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2736.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3191.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36532
503
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1086
PassMark - G2D Mark 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 5605
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 22.848 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 162.594 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.237 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 21.150 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 95.545 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2085 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2736 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3191 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2085.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2736.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3191.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 503

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

High, 1366x76879.60

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x768103.40
Medium, 1366x76878.10
High, 1920x108036.60

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76828.40
Medium, 1366x76817.80
High, 1920x10808.75
Ultra, 1920x10806.15

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768183.20
Medium, 1366x76845.10
High, 1920x108022.60
Ultra, 1920x108012.50

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x76846.05
Medium, 1366x76830.40
High, 1920x108014.70
Ultra, 1920x108011.80

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x76846.85
Medium, 1366x76831.30
High, 1920x108014.10
Ultra, 1920x108012.00

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x76826.90
Medium, 1366x76818.00
High, 1920x10809.30
Ultra, 1920x10805.70

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x76867.80
Medium, 1366x76837.00
High, 1920x108022.60
Ultra, 1920x108012.00

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x76864.95
Medium, 1366x76843.10
High, 1920x108021.35
Ultra, 1920x108016.25

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72038.74
Medium, 1344x75624.10
High, 1920x108013.71
Ultra, 1920x10806.60

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768110.15
Medium, 1366x76859.45
High, 1920x108034.20
Ultra, 1920x108024.75

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x72031.90
Medium, 1280x72031.00
High, 1920x108015.30
Ultra, 1920x10809.45

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x76867.50
Medium, 1366x76847.20
High, 1366x76834.20
Ultra, 1920x108017.70

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76833.80
Medium, 1366x76823.20
High, 1366x76818.65
Ultra, 1920x10809.10

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76876.40
Medium, 1366x76836.80
High, 1366x76818.30
Ultra, 1920x108010.50

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76864.10
Medium, 1366x76843.80
High, 1366x76829.05
Ultra, 1920x108011.20

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76859.30
Medium, 1366x76846.30
High, 1366x76839.70
Ultra, 1920x108010.20

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76831.70
Medium, 1366x76825.70
High, 1366x76815.00
Ultra, 1920x10805.92

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76842.30
Medium, 1366x76835.45
High, 1366x76822.30
Ultra, 1920x108011.10

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72084.80
Medium, 1366x76848.65
High, 1366x76839.70
Ultra, 1920x108013.50

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768170.80
Medium, 1366x76875.10
High, 1366x76841.30
Ultra, 1920x108017.30

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768149.60
Medium, 1366x76837.10
High, 1366x76824.50
Ultra, 1920x108012.35

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768128.15
Medium, 1366x76861.55
High, 1366x76832.80
Ultra, 1920x108016.50

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76837.65
Medium, 1366x76822.70
High, 1366x76816.50
Ultra, 1920x10806.30

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76845.29
Medium, 1366x76835.50
High, 1366x76816.60
Ultra, 1920x10806.70

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76873.30
Medium, 1366x76858.50
High, 1366x76839.70
Ultra, 1920x108026.00

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76871.30
Medium, 1366x76849.90
High, 1366x76832.10
Ultra, 1920x108020.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x76862.05
Medium, 1366x76836.05
High, 1366x76831.45
Ultra, 1920x108017.70

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72059.00
High, 1366x76837.05
Ultra, 1920x108021.90

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72070.70
Medium, 1366x76844.50
High, 1366x76832.70
Ultra, 1920x108017.30

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76853.60
Medium, 1366x76837.50
High, 1366x76830.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768118.70
High, 1366x76864.30

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768171.20
Medium, 1360x76874.30
High, 1360x76841.20
Ultra, 1920x108019.60

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600101.40
Medium, 1360x76882.30
High, 1600x90045.20
Ultra, 1920x10808.40

World of Warcraft (2005)

Medium, 1024x76894.40

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell
Code name GM108
Launch date 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1265
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus