NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs AMD Radeon HD 6770M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and AMD Radeon HD 6770M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 24% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1123 vs 964
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 March 2014 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1123 vs 964

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6770M

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 2002 MHz
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 221
  • Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8338 vs 5596
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3044 vs 2314
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3044 vs 2314
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3117
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3117
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 572 vs 221
Geekbench - OpenCL 8338 vs 5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3044 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3044 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3117

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6770M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
964
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
221
572
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5596
8338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2314
3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2314
3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
3348
Name NVIDIA GeForce 840A AMD Radeon HD 6770M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1123 964
PassMark - G2D Mark 221 572
Geekbench - OpenCL 5596 8338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2314 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2314 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3117 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3117 3348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 234.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 33.71
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 840A AMD Radeon HD 6770M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM108 Whistler
Launch date 17 March 2014 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 987 989
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0