NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE 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 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 736 MHz
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 384 vs 288
  • Around 2% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
  • 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
Launch date 17 March 2014 vs 20 February 2012
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 736 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 288
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 847.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

  • Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 35.33 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • Around 91% higher memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 2002 MHz
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1914 vs 1145
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 423 vs 245
  • Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7009 vs 5596
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2970 vs 2188
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2970 vs 2188
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3114 vs 2314
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3114 vs 2314
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3117
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3117
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 35.33 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1914 vs 1145
PassMark - G2D Mark 423 vs 245
Geekbench - OpenCL 7009 vs 5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2970 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2970 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3114 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3114 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3117

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1145
1914
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
245
423
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5596
7009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2188
2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2188
2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2314
3114
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2314
3114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
3356
Name NVIDIA GeForce 840A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark 1145 1914
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 423
Geekbench - OpenCL 5596 7009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2188 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2188 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2314 3114
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2314 3114
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3117 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3117 3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 618.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 50.114
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 840A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Fermi 2.0
Code name GM108 GF114
Launch date 17 March 2014 20 February 2012
Place in performance rating 966 967
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $89.99
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 28.95

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 736 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 847.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 288
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 35.33 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 91.87 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 3828 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5