NVIDIA GeForce 840M vs NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GRID K180Q 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 8 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
  • 3.9x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1782 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1096 vs 534
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 151 vs 113
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2085 vs 1201
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2736 vs 1744
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3191 vs 2688
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2085 vs 1201
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2736 vs 1744
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3191 vs 2688
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1096 vs 534
PassMark - G2D Mark 151 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2085 vs 1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2736 vs 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3191 vs 2688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2085 vs 1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2736 vs 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3191 vs 2688

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 840M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K180Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1096
534
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
151
113
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2085
1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2736
1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3191
2688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2085
1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2736
1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3191
2688
Name NVIDIA GeForce 840M NVIDIA GRID K180Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 1096 534
PassMark - G2D Mark 151 113
Geekbench - OpenCL 5745
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 1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2736 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3191 2688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2085 1201
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2736 1744
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3191 2688
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 503

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 840M NVIDIA GRID K180Q

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM108 GK107
Launch date 12 March 2014 28 June 2013
Place in performance rating 1256 1257
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $125

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s 13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 130 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus