AMD Radeon RX 590 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 590 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 RX 590

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1469 MHz vs 1029 MHz
• Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1124 MHz
• 12373.7x more texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
• 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
• 4x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
• 8.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9374 vs 1096
• 5.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 789 vs 151
• 7.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45591 vs 5771
• 6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 137.469 vs 22.848
• 12.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2083.862 vs 162.594
• 10x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.352 vs 1.237
• 6.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 139.477 vs 21.15
• 8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 762.142 vs 95.545
• 6.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13383 vs 2085
• Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 2736
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3191
• 6.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13383 vs 2085
• Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 2736
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3191
• 2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1081 vs 503

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

• 121.6x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 7.1 TFLOPs
• 5.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 590
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	9374 1096
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	789 151
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	45591 5771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	137.469 22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2083.862 162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.352 1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	139.477 21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	762.142 95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13383 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3716 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13383 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3716 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1081 503

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