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GeForce 840M vs GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2

Intro

The GeForce 840M features a clock frequency of 1029 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2, which features core clock speeds of 540 MHz on the GPU, and 400 MHz on the 256 MB of DDR2 memory. It features 32 SPUs along with 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 840M 30 Watts
GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2 47 Watts
Difference: 17 Watts (57%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 840M should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2 in general. (explain)

GeForce 840M 16000 MB/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 3200 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 840M will be much (more or less 186%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2. (explain)

GeForce 840M 24696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2 8640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 16056 (186%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce 840M is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce 840M 8232 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 3912 (91%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 840M GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR2
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 12 2014 April 2007
Code Name GM108 G84
Memory 2048 MB 256 MB
Core Speed 1029 MHz 540 MHz
Memory Speed 2000 MHz 800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 30 watts 47 watts
Bandwidth 16000 MB/sec 12800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 24696 Mtexels/sec 8640 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 8232 Mpixels/sec 4320 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 384 32
Texture Mapping Units 24 16
Render Output Units 8 8
Bus Type DDR3 DDR2
Bus Width 64-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 80 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 289 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce 840M

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