NVIDIA GeForce 840M vs Intel HD Graphics 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840M and Intel HD Graphics 4600 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 9 month(s) later
• 2.6x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
• 3.6x more texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
• 19.2x more pipelines: 384 vs 20
• 17.3x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 50 gflops
• Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1096 vs 630
• Around 80% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5771 vs 3210
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.848 vs 8.844
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.237 vs 1.115
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.15 vs 10.385
• 7.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 95.545 vs 12.361
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2085 vs 988
• Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2736 vs 1702
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3191 vs 2808
• 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2085 vs 988
• Around 61% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2736 vs 1702
• Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3191 vs 2808
• 2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 503 vs 194

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

• Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1124 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 151
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 171.17 vs 162.594

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840M
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1096 630
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	151 314
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	5771 3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22.848 8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	162.594 171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.237 1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	21.15 10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	95.545 12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2085 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2736 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3191 2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2085 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2736 1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3191 2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	503 194

Compare specifications (specs)