NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs ATI FirePro V7800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and ATI FirePro V7800 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 840A

ATI FirePro V7800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5596 vs 4894
34.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2188 vs 63

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 26 April 2010
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5596 vs 4894
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2188 vs 63

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V7800

2.8x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
3.8x more pipelines: 1440 vs 384
2.3x better floating-point performance: 2,016.0 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2028 vs 1123
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 221
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3721 vs 2188

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1440 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2028 vs 1123
PassMark - G2D Mark	307 vs 221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3721 vs 2188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V7800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1123

2028

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

221

307

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5596

4894

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

3721

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	ATI FirePro V7800
PassMark - G3D Mark	1123	2028
PassMark - G2D Mark	221	307
Geekbench - OpenCL	5596	4894
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2188	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2188	63
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		15.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1124.892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		181.538

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	ATI FirePro V7800
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Cypress
Launch date	17 March 2014	26 April 2010
Place in performance rating	1009	1010
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$759
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	1440
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count		2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5