NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM 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

  • Around 9% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 793.3 gflops
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 55 Watt
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2314 vs 1813
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2314 vs 1813
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 793.3 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 55 Watt
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2314 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2314 vs 1813

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 24.79 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2137 vs 1123
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 472 vs 221
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6120 vs 5596
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2918 vs 2188
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2918 vs 2188
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3309 vs 3117
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3309 vs 3117
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1033 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.79 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2137 vs 1123
PassMark - G2D Mark 472 vs 221
Geekbench - OpenCL 6120 vs 5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2918 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2918 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 vs 3117

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1123
2137
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
221
472
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5596
6120
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2188
2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2188
2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2314
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2314
1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
3309
Name NVIDIA GeForce 840A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1123 2137
PassMark - G2D Mark 221 472
Geekbench - OpenCL 5596 6120
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2188 2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2188 2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2314 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2314 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3117 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3117 3309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 335.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.126
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 655

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 840A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name GM108 GM107
Launch date 17 March 2014 18 February 2014
Place in performance rating 1003 1004
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1033 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 793.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 24.79 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 55 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 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 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3