NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 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 GeForce4 MX 460

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
15x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 450 MHz
280.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1123 vs 4
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 221 vs 176

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1123 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark	221 vs 176

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

221

176

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
PassMark - G3D Mark	1123	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	221	176
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 GeForce4 MX 460
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Celsius
Code name	GM108	NV17 A3
Launch date	17 March 2014	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	987	985
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count		29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	7.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	450 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR