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.

NVIDIA GeForce 840A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE

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 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6235 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	6235 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

6235

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	6235
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