NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 840M 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 GTX 960

• Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
• Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 1029 MHz
• Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1124 MHz
• 4x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 17.98 GTexel / s
• 2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
• 2.8x better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 863.2 gflops
• 5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 1096
• 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 151
• 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 5771
• 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 22.848
• 4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 792.44 vs 162.594
• 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 1.237
• Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.338 vs 21.15
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 200.825 vs 95.545
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 2085
• Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 2736
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 3191
• 3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 2085
• Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 2736
• Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 3191

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

• 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 120 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• 286x more memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
• 3.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 503 vs 162

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	6111 1096
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	673 151
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	18734 5771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	73.733 22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	792.44 162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.888 1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	35.338 21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	200.825 95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7218 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3691 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3335 3191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	162 503

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