NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 840A

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 720 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
7.5x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 115.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1600 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1123 vs 200
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3117 vs 1844
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3117 vs 1844

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 5 May 2010
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 720 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 5.76 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 80
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops vs 115.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1123 vs 200
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3117 vs 1844
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3117 vs 1844

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 270 vs 221

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	270 vs 221

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1123

200

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

221

270

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3117

1844

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3117

1844

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v
PassMark - G3D Mark	1123	200
PassMark - G2D Mark	221	270
Geekbench - OpenCL	5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3117	1844
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3117	1844

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale
Code name	GM108	M92
Launch date	17 March 2014	5 May 2010
Place in performance rating	987	990
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	720 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	115.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	80
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	5.76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count		242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3, DDR3, DDR2
Shared memory		0