NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 360M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
33.7x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1200 MHz
12.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1123 vs 87
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3117 vs 1027
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3117 vs 1027

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 16
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1123 vs 87
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3117 vs 1027
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3117 vs 1027

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 33 Watt
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 308 vs 221

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	308 vs 221

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

221

308

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3117

1027

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3117

1027

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1123	87
PassMark - G2D Mark	221	308
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	1027
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3117	1027

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Tesla
Code name	GM108	G86
Launch date	17 March 2014	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	987	984
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384	16
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count		210 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)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerMizer 7.0