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 524
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 150 vs 139
  • 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5738 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 524
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 vs 139
Geekbench - OpenCL 5738 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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1092
524
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
150
139
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5738
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2085
736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2736
2062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3191
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2085
736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2736
2062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3191
3353
Name NVIDIA GeForce 840M AMD Radeon HD 8650G
PassMark - G3D Mark 1092 524
PassMark - G2D Mark 150 139
Geekbench - OpenCL 5738 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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

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

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus