Intel UHD Graphics 617 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 617 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel UHD Graphics 617

NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 617

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
1401.6x more texture fill rate: 25.20 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
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 230 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 November 2018 vs 12 March 2014
Texture fill rate	25.20 GTexel/s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	230 vs 151

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

3.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1050 MHz
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
Around 75% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5771 vs 3300
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2085 vs 1313
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2085 vs 1313
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2736 vs 1461
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2736 vs 1461
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3191 vs 1633
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3191 vs 1633
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1096 vs 856

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5771 vs 3300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2085 vs 1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2085 vs 1313
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2736 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2736 vs 1461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3191 vs 1633
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3191 vs 1633
PassMark - G3D Mark	1096 vs 856

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 617
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3300

5771

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1313

2085

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1313

2085

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

2736

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1461

2736

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1633

3191

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1633

3191

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

151

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

856

1096

Name	Intel UHD Graphics 617	NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Geekbench - OpenCL	3300	5771
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1313	2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1313	2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1461	2736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1461	2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1633	3191
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1633	3191
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	151
PassMark - G3D Mark	856	1096
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		503

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel UHD Graphics 617	NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Maxwell
Code name	Amber Lake GT2	GM108
Launch date	7 November 2018	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	1233	1235
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1029 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	100.8 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	806.4 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	403.2 GFLOPS
Pipelines	24	384
Pixel fill rate	3.150 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	25.20 GTexel/s	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	33 Watt
Floating-point performance		863.2 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		16.02 GB / s
Memory clock speed		2002 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus