NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and NVIDIA GeForce 840A 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 11% better floating-point performance: 953.9 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2108 vs 1180
  • Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8099 vs 5596
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2961 vs 2188
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 2314
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 3117
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2961 vs 2188
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 2314
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 3117
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 October 2015 vs 17 March 2014
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2108 vs 1180
Geekbench - OpenCL 8099 vs 5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2961 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2961 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 3117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1085 MHz
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 266 vs 255
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 266 vs 255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2108
1180
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
266
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8099
5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2961
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2961
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3117
Name NVIDIA GeForce 945M NVIDIA GeForce 840A
PassMark - G3D Mark 2108 1180
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 266
Geekbench - OpenCL 8099 5596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 380.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2961 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2961 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 3117

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 945M NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name GM107 GM108
Launch date 27 October 2015 17 March 2014
Place in performance rating 952 955
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s 17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 2002 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus