NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 425 MHz
  • 10.6x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 31.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1145 vs 36
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 178
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 March 2014 vs 1 April 2004
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1145 vs 36
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 vs 178

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1145
36
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
245
178
Name NVIDIA GeForce 840A NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
PassMark - G3D Mark 1145 36
PassMark - G2D Mark 245 178
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 Quadro FX 1100

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Rankine
Code name GM108 NV36 A1
Launch date 17 March 2014 1 April 2004
Place in performance rating 967 970
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $169.75
Price now $101.25
Value for money (0-100) 0.44

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 130 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt
Transistor count 82 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 9.0a
OpenGL 4.6 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 650 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR2