NVIDIA Quadro P400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P400 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. 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 Quadro P400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 1029 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1252 MHz vs 1124 MHz
  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 21.25 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
  • 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
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 4012 MHz vs 2002 MHz
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1649 vs 1123
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 436 vs 221
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2709 vs 2188
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2875 vs 2314
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 3117
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2709 vs 2188
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2875 vs 2314
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 3117
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2017 vs 17 March 2014
Core clock speed 1228 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Boost clock speed 1252 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate 21.25 GTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4012 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1649 vs 1123
PassMark - G2D Mark 436 vs 221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2709 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2875 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2709 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2875 vs 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 vs 3117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • Around 27% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
  • Around 83% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5596 vs 3053
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5596 vs 3053

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1649
1123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
436
221
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3053
5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2709
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2875
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2709
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2875
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3117
Name NVIDIA Quadro P400 NVIDIA GeForce 840A
PassMark - G3D Mark 1649 1123
PassMark - G2D Mark 436 221
Geekbench - OpenCL 3053 5596
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.856
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 309.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.38
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2709 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2875 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2709 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2875 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 3117
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 617

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro P400 NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell
Code name GP107 GM108
Launch date 7 February 2017 17 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $119.99
Place in performance rating 989 991
Price now $119.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 18.70

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1252 MHz 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 679.9 gflops 863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 256 384
Texture fill rate 21.25 GTexel / s 17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 3x mini-DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 32.1 GB / s 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4012 MHz 2002 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3