NVIDIA GeForce 840M vs AMD Radeon HD 7570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840M and AMD Radeon HD 7570 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 38% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 624 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1096 vs 611
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5745 vs 1548
  • 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.848 vs 4.874
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.237 vs 0.487
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.15 vs 14.033
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 95.545 vs 57.396
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2085 vs 1389
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2085 vs 1389
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 624 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1096 vs 611
Geekbench - OpenCL 5745 vs 1548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.848 vs 4.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.237 vs 0.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.15 vs 14.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 95.545 vs 57.396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2085 vs 1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2736 vs 2724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2085 vs 1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2736 vs 2724

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7570

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 257 vs 151
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 259.769 vs 162.594
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3191
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3191
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 257 vs 151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 259.769 vs 162.594
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3191
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3191

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7570

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1096
611
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
151
257
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5745
1548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.848
4.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.594
259.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.237
0.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.15
14.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
95.545
57.396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2085
1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2736
2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3191
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2085
1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2736
2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3191
3355
Name NVIDIA GeForce 840M AMD Radeon HD 7570
PassMark - G3D Mark 1096 611
PassMark - G2D Mark 151 257
Geekbench - OpenCL 5745 1548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.848 4.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.594 259.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.237 0.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.15 14.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 95.545 57.396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2085 1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2736 2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3191 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2085 1389
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2736 2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3191 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 503

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 840M AMD Radeon HD 7570

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM108 Turks
Launch date 12 March 2014 5 January 2012
Place in performance rating 1248 1251
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 624 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus