AMD Radeon R9 M360 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M360 and NVIDIA GeForce 840A 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M360

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 29.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 947.2 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1812 vs 1123
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 396 vs 221
  • Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8083 vs 5596
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2801 vs 2188
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3117
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2801 vs 2188
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3117
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 17 March 2014
Texture fill rate 29.6 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1812 vs 1123
PassMark - G2D Mark 396 vs 221
Geekbench - OpenCL 8083 vs 5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2801 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2801 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2314 vs 1623
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2314 vs 1623
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 925 MHz
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2314 vs 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2314 vs 1623

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M360
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1812
1123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
396
221
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8083
5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2801
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1623
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2801
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1623
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3117
Name AMD Radeon R9 M360 NVIDIA GeForce 840A
PassMark - G3D Mark 1812 1123
PassMark - G2D Mark 396 221
Geekbench - OpenCL 8083 5596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 575.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2801 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1623 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2801 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1623 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3117

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M360 NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Tropo GM108
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 17 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1002 1003
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 925 MHz 1124 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 900 MHz 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops 863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Texture fill rate 29.6 GTexel / s 17.98 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 2002 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore