AMD Radeon R4 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R4 Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 840M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
• 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
• Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8386 vs 5771

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

• Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 800 MHz
• 2.8x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
• 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
• 4.2x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 204.8 gflops
• 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1096 vs 342
• Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 151 vs 99
• 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.848 vs 4.721
• Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 162.594 vs 107.613
• 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.237 vs 0.445
• Around 99% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.15 vs 10.612
• 7.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 95.545 vs 13.097
• 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2085 vs 701
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2736 vs 1338
• Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3191 vs 1811
• 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2085 vs 701
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2736 vs 1338
• Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3191 vs 1811

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	342 1096
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	99 151
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	8386 5771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.721 22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	107.613 162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.445 1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.612 21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.097 95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	701 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1338 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1811 3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	701 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1338 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1811 3191

Compare specifications (specs)