NVIDIA GeForce 840M vs AMD Radeon HD 8650G
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840M and AMD Radeon HD 8650G 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 10 month(s) later
- Around 93% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 533 MHz
- Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 720 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1092 vs 523
- Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 150 vs 139
- 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5743 vs 1731
- 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2085 vs 736
- Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2736 vs 2062
- 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2085 vs 736
- Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2736 vs 2062
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 12 March 2014 vs 1 May 2013 |
Core clock speed | 1029 MHz vs 533 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz vs 720 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 32 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1092 vs 523 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 150 vs 139 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 5743 vs 1731 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2085 vs 736 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2736 vs 2062 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2085 vs 736 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2736 vs 2062 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8650G
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3191
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3191
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 vs 3191 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 vs 3191 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8650G
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 840M | AMD Radeon HD 8650G |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1092 | 523 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 150 | 139 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 5743 | 1731 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 22.848 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 162.594 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.237 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 21.15 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 95.545 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2085 | 736 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2736 | 2062 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3191 | 3353 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2085 | 736 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2736 | 2062 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3191 | 3353 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 503 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 840M | AMD Radeon HD 8650G | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | Terascale 3 |
Code name | GM108 | Richland |
Launch date | 12 March 2014 | 1 May 2013 |
Place in performance rating | 1273 | 1276 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | 720 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 533 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 863.2 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 384 |
Texture fill rate | 17.98 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |
Laptop size | medium sized | medium sized |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | |
Memory bandwidth | 16.02 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 2002 MHz | |
Memory type | DDR3 | |
Shared memory | 0 | 1 |
Technologies |
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Optimus |