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).

NVIDIA GeForce 840A

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

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

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	966	969
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