NVIDIA GeForce 840A vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840A and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL 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 Quadro4 980 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
7.5x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 650 MHz
229x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1145 vs 5
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 12 November 2002
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1145 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	245 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1145

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

245

181

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 840A	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	1145	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	245	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 Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kelvin
Code name	GM108	NV28 A2
Launch date	17 March 2014	12 November 2002
Place in performance rating	966	964
Type	Desktop	Workstation
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	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count		36 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		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 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	DDR