NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 RTX 3060

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 1029 MHz
  • Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1124 MHz
  • 11067.9x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • 9.3x more pipelines: 3584 vs 384
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • 15.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 1096
  • 6.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 151
  • 15.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 5771
  • 13.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 299.369 vs 22.848
  • 24.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4021.382 vs 162.594
  • 23.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 28.778 vs 1.237
  • 8.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 21.15
  • 12.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1152.664 vs 95.545
  • 10.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 2085
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2736
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3191
  • 10.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 2085
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2736
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3191
  • 3.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1961 vs 503
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs 12 March 2014
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 1096
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 151
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 vs 5771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369 vs 22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382 vs 162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778 vs 1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 vs 21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664 vs 95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 vs 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961 vs 503

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840M

  • 5.2x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2002 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
1096
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
151
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88251
5771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
299.369
22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4021.382
162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.778
1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
188.944
21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1152.664
95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22495
2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1961
503
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce 840M
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 1096
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 151
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 5771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369 22.848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382 162.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778 1.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 21.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664 95.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 2085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 2736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3191
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961 503

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce 840M

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Maxwell
Code name GA106 GM108
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 12 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 134 1235
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1029 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 384
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 2002 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus