NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430 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

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
62.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1123 vs 18
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 221 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1123 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	221 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

221

181

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	1123	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	221	181
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3117

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM108	C51M
Launch date	17 March 2014	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	987	989
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count		75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz
Memory type	DDR3