NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce 840M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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 GT 1030 (Desktop)

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 1029 MHz
• Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1124 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 33 Watt
• 3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2002 MHz
• 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 1096
• 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 151
• Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9864 vs 5771
• Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.898 vs 22.848
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 170.785 vs 162.594
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.373 vs 1.237
• Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 160.823 vs 95.545
• Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 2085
• Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2736
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 3191
• Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 2085
• Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 2736
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 3191

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.15 vs 18.937
• 14.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 503 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2433 1096
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	442 151
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9864 5771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.898 22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	170.785 162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.373 1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.937 21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	160.823 95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 3191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	35 503

Compare specifications (specs)