Intel HD Graphics 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 530 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 Intel HD Graphics 530

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1124 MHz
• Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
• 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
• 16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 150
• Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.747 vs 22.848
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 330.464 vs 162.594
• Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.804 vs 1.237
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3191
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3191

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

• 2.9x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 350 MHz
• 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
• 2.1x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 403.2 gflops
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1092 vs 996
• Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5743 vs 4379
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.15 vs 19.781
• 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 95.545 vs 30.177
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2085 vs 1045
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2736 vs 2393
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2085 vs 1045
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2736 vs 2393
• Around 31% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 503 vs 384

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	996 1092
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	253 150
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4379 5743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.747 22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	330.464 162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.804 1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	19.781 21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	30.177 95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1045 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2393 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3346 3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1045 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2393 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3346 3191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	384 503

Compare specifications (specs)