NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs ATI Radeon HD 5730

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and ATI Radeon HD 5730 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 Radeon HD 5730

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Around 39% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 64 Watt

Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 26 February 2011
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 64 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5730

Around 4% higher pipelines: 400 vs 384
2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2484 vs 2314
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2484 vs 2314
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 3117
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 3117

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	400 vs 384
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2484 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2484 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 3117

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5730

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2314

2484

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2314

2484

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3117

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3117

3345

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	ATI Radeon HD 5730
PassMark - G3D Mark	1145
PassMark - G2D Mark	245
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	2484
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2314	2484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3117	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3117	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	ATI Radeon HD 5730
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Redwood
Launch date	17 March 2014	26 February 2011
Place in performance rating	966	968
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	400
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	15.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	64 Watt
Transistor count		627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
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	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5