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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce 840M |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.2 | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Shader Model | 6.5 | |
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Memory |
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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 |
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GPU Boost | ||
Optimus |