AMD Radeon Vega 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 840M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, 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 Vega 3

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 306 vs 149
• Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 183.156 vs 162.594

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

• 3.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
• Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1000 MHz
• Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
• 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
• 2.2x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
• Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1087 vs 890
• Around 43% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5620 vs 3933
• 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.848 vs 10.049
• Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.237 vs 0.75
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.15 vs 18.933
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 95.545 vs 60.006
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2085 vs 1412
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2736 vs 2111
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3191 vs 3174
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2085 vs 1412
• Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2736 vs 2111
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3191 vs 3174
• Around 20% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 503 vs 418

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	890 1087
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	306 149
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	3933 5620
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.049 22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	183.156 162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.75 1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.933 21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	60.006 95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1412 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2111 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3174 3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1412 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2111 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3174 3191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	418 503

Compare specifications (specs)