AMD Radeon R8 M350DX vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M350DX 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1330 vs 503
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19471 vs 5743

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 December 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330 vs 503
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471 vs 5743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 955 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2736 vs 1843
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2736 vs 1843
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3191 vs 1662
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3191 vs 1662

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 955 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2736 vs 1843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2736 vs 1843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3191 vs 1662
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3191 vs 1662

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M350DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

2736

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

2736

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1330

503

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19471

5743

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

3191

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

3191

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA GeForce 840M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1843	2736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1843	2736
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330	503
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471	5743
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1662	3191
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1662	3191
PassMark - G3D Mark		1092
PassMark - G2D Mark		150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2085

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Jet	GM108
Launch date	12 December 2015	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	1270	1273
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	955 MHz	1029 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million
Floating-point performance		863.2 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	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