GeForce 840A Overview

GeForce 840A
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 17 Mar 2014
GeForce 840A

Core Configuration

GPU GM108
Architecture Nvidia_Maxwell_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 384 : 16 : 8
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 790.30 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 1024 Mb
Memory Bus Width 64 bit
Memory Speed 1001 MHz
2002 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 16.02 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    1645%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    1241%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    1088%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    1017%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    1010%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    892%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    780%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    776%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
    773%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    770%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
    767%
  • Radeon HD 7990
    762%
  • Radeon RX 480
    758%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    743%
  • GeForce GTX 690
    734%
  • Radeon R9 390
    733%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    730%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    715%
  • Radeon RX 470
    686%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    674%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    667%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    660%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    648%
  • Radeon R9 290
    635%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
    612%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    582%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
    580%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
    569%
  • GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
    566%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
    566%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    566%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    551%
  • Radeon R9 380
    505%
  • Radeon R9 380 OEM
    505%
  • GeForce GTX 980M
    504%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    460%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    451%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    445%
  • Radeon R9 285
    444%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    442%
  • Radeon HD 6990
    441%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    440%
  • GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
    440%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    427%
  • GeForce GTX 960 OEM
    427%
  • GeForce GTX 970M
    405%
  • Radeon R9 280
    402%
  • GeForce GTX 590
    400%
  • GeForce GTX 670
    383%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    375%
  • Radeon HD 7950 Boost
    375%
  • Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
    375%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    361%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    358%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    353%
  • GeForce GTX 760 OEM
    353%
  • GeForce GTX 760 OEM Rebrand
    353%
  • GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM
    353%
  • GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM Rebrand
    353%
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    353%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    349%
  • GeForce GTX 950 LP
    349%
  • Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
    341%
  • Radeon R7 370
    337%
  • Radeon RX 460
    332%
  • GeForce GTX 880M
    328%
  • GeForce GTX 965M
    324%
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 2
    324%
  • GeForce GTX 965M Rev. 3
    324%
  • Radeon R9 270
    321%
  • Radeon R9 370
    320%
  • GeForce GTX 780M
    312%
  • GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
    312%
  • Radeon HD 5970
    304%
  • GeForce GTX 870M
    296%
  • Radeon HD 8970M
    295%
  • Radeon R7 265
    283%
  • Radeon HD 7850
    280%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    279%
  • GeForce GTX 660 OEM
    279%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Rev. 2
    279%
  • Radeon HD 7970M
    276%
  • GeForce GTX 580
    271%
  • GeForce GTX 680M
    267%
  • GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
    267%
  • Radeon R7 360
    263%
  • Radeon R7 260X
    257%
  • Radeon HD 7790
    251%
  • Radeon HD 6970
    246%
  • GeForce GTX 570
    241%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    238%
  • Radeon HD 6950
    234%
  • GeForce GTX 480
    234%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448
    232%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    230%
  • GeForce GTX 960M
    218%
  • GeForce GTX 770M
    217%
  • GeForce GTX 775M Mac Edition
    217%
  • GeForce GTX 860M
    207%
  • GeForce GTX 860M Rev. 2
    207%
  • GeForce GTX 750
    198%
  • GeForce GTX 670MX
    197%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti
    195%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti OEM
    194%
  • GeForce GTX 470
    192%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    191%
  • GeForce GT 740
    189%
  • GeForce GT 740 OEM
    189%
  • Radeon HD 6870
    186%
  • GeForce GTX 295
    182%
  • GeForce GTX 850M
    181%
  • GeForce GTX 950A
    181%
  • GeForce GTX 950M
    181%
  • GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition
    181%
  • Radeon HD 5870
    176%
  • Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6
    176%
  • Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition
    176%
  • GeForce GTX 765M
    173%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    171%
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2
    171%
  • Radeon R7 250X
    165%
  • GeForce GTX 560
    163%
  • GeForce GTX 560 OEM
    163%
  • Radeon HD 6850
    156%
  • GeForce GTX 460 v2
    156%
  • GeForce GTX 465
    153%
  • GeForce GTX 460
    145%
  • GeForce GTX 675M
    137%
  • GeForce GTX 560 SE
    135%
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2
    135%
  • Radeon HD 5830
    134%
  • Radeon HD 6970M
    131%
  • Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
    131%
  • Radeon HD 6990M
    131%
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    129%
  • Radeon HD 6790
    127%
  • GeForce GTX 460 SE
    126%
  • GeForce GTX 285
    121%
  • GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition
    121%
  • GeForce GTX 650
    118%
  • GeForce GT 755M
    115%
  • GeForce GT 755M Mac Edition
    115%
  • GeForce GTX 280
    114%
  • Radeon HD 8870M
    114%
  • Radeon HD 5770
    114%
  • Radeon HD 8670 OEM
    113%
  • Radeon R7 250
    112%
  • GeForce 9800 GX2
    106%
  • GeForce GTX 660M
    105%
  • GeForce GTX 660M Mac Edition
    105%
  • Radeon HD 6770
    104%
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    102%
  • Radeon HD 3870 X2
    101%
  • GeForce GT 750M
    101%
  • GeForce GT 750M Mac Edition
    101%
  • GeForce 940A
    100%
  • GeForce 940M
    100%
  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    100%
  • Radeon HD 3850 X2
    100%
  • GeForce 840A
    100%
  • GeForce 840M
    100%
  • Radeon HD 4870
    98%
  • Radeon HD 4870 Mac Edition
    98%
  • Radeon HD 7660D IGP
    97%
  • GeForce GT 640 GDDR5
    93%
  • Radeon HD 8730 OEM
    93%
  • GeForce GT 640
    90%
  • Radeon HD 5750
    90%
  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    88%
  • GeForce GT 650M
    88%
  • GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition
    88%
  • Radeon HD 8790M
    87%
  • GeForce GTS 450
    87%
  • GeForce GTS 450 OEM
    87%
  • GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2
    87%
  • GeForce GTS 450 DDR3
    87%
  • GeForce GTX 560M
    86%
  • Radeon HD 8750M
    85%
  • Radeon HD 6750
    84%
  • GeForce 930A
    84%
  • GeForce 930M
    84%
  • GeForce 930MX
    84%
  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7700K)
    83%
  • Radeon HD 4860
    82%
  • Radeon HD 6670
    80%
  • Radeon HD 8570 OEM
    79%
  • Radeon HD 8570 OEM Rebrand
    79%
  • Radeon HD 4850
    77%
  • Radeon R7 M260
    77%
  • Radeon R7 M260 Rev. 2
    77%
  • GeForce GT 740A
    76%
  • GeForce GT 740M
    76%
  • GeForce GT 740M Rev. 2
    76%
  • Radeon R7 M265
    76%
  • Radeon R7 M265 Rev. 2
    76%
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    75%
  • GeForce GT 730A
    74%
  • GeForce GT 730M
    74%
  • GeForce GT 730M Rev. 2
    74%
  • GeForce GT 735M
    74%
  • Radeon HD 4770
    73%
  • Radeon R5 M230
    72%
  • Radeon R5 M230 Rev. 2
    72%
  • GeForce GT 640M
    72%
  • GeForce GT 640M LE
    72%
  • GeForce GT 640M LE Rev. 2
    72%
  • GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
    72%
  • GeForce 920A
    71%
  • GeForce 920M
    71%
  • GeForce 920MX
    71%
  • Radeon HD 4830
    68%
  • GeForce 9800 GTX+
    66%
  • GeForce 9800 GTX
    65%
  • Radeon HD 6570
    64%
  • Radeon HD 6570 OEM
    64%
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    64%
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    64%
  • Radeon HD 4730
    62%
  • Radeon HD 4730 OEM
    62%
  • Radeon HD 8670M
    62%
  • Radeon HD 8670M Rev. 2
    62%
  • Radeon HD 7670 OEM
    62%
  • Radeon HD 4810
    61%
  • Radeon HD 6770M
    61%
  • Radeon HD 6770M Mac Edition
    61%
  • Radeon HD 5670
    60%
  • Radeon R5 M330
    58%
  • GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2
    58%
  • Radeon HD 7670A
    58%
  • Radeon HD 7670M
    58%
  • GeForce GT 635 OEM
    58%
  • GeForce GT 550M
    55%
  • GeForce GT 555M
    55%
  • GeForce GTS 240 OEM
    54%
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    53%
  • Radeon HD 8570M
    52%
  • GeForce GT 720
    50%
  • GeForce GT 440
    49%
  • GeForce GT 820M
    49%
  • GeForce GT 630
    46%
  • GeForce GT 710
    45%
  • GeForce GT 710 OEM
    45%
  • Radeon HD 5570
    45%
  • Radeon HD 5570 OEM
    45%
  • GeForce 710A
    44%
  • GeForce 710M
    44%
  • GeForce GT 630M
    43%
  • GeForce GT 630M Rev. 2
    43%
  • GeForce GT 630M Rev. 3
    43%
  • GeForce GT 635M
    43%
  • GeForce GT 635M Rev. 2
    43%
  • GeForce GT 635M Rev. 3
    43%
  • Radeon HD 7750
    42%
  • GeForce GT 430
    41%
  • GeForce GT 430 OEM
    41%
  • GeForce GT 540M
    40%
  • Radeon HD 7650A
    36%
  • Radeon HD 7650M
    36%
  • GeForce GT 620
    30%
  • GeForce GT 620 OEM
    30%
  • GeForce GT 520
    23%
  • GeForce GT 520 OEM
    23%
  • GeForce GT 520 PCI
    23%
  • GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
    23%
  • GeForce GT 520M
    22%
  • GeForce GT 610
    22%
  • GeForce GT 610 OEM
    22%
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    22%
  • GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1
    22%
  • HD Graphics 4400 (Haswell GT2)
    21%
  • Radeon HD 6450
    21%
  • Radeon HD 6450 OEM
    21%
  • Radeon HD 5450
    13%
  • Radeon HD 5450 PCI
    13%
  • Radeon HD 5450 PCIe x1
    13%
  • HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1)
    13%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The GeForce 840A is a graphics card released by Nvidia on 17 Mar 2014. The graphics card houses the GM108 die, based on the Nvidia_Maxwell_1_0 architecture which packs unknown transistors on a 28 nm, 0 mm2 die.

GeForce 840A pros and cons

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

GeForce 840AGeForce 930MXGeForce 940MX DDR3GeForce 940AGeForce 940M
GeForce 840AGeForce 930MXGeForce 940MX DDR3GeForce 940AGeForce 940M
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Shader units384384384384512
ROPs8168816
Graphics processorGM108GM108GM108GM108GM107
Process size28 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm
Memory1024 Mb DDR3 (1001 MHz
2002 MHz effective)
2048 Mb DDR3 (900 MHz
1800 MHz effective)
2048 Mb DDR3 (1001 MHz
2002 MHz effective)
1024 Mb DDR3 (1001 MHz
2002 MHz effective)
2048 Mb DDR3 (900 MHz
1800 MHz effective)
Memory bus width64 bit64 bit64 bit64 bit128 bit
Memory bandwidth16.02 Gb/s14.40 Gb/s16.02 Gb/s16.02 Gb/s28.80 Gb/s
Release date17 Mar 20141 Mar 20161 Jan 201613 Mar 201513 Mar 2015

Benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce 940A
    2450
  • GeForce 940M
    2450
  • GeForce 940MX DDR3
    2450
  • GeForce 840A
    2430
  • GeForce 930MX
    2050

Points (higher is better)