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    GeForce 840M vs Radeon R9 M290X

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 840M and Radeon R9 M290X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 840M and Radeon R9 M290X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce 840M and Radeon R9 M290X are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 840M and Radeon R9 M290X are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce 840M or Radeon R9 M290X here:

    GeForce 840M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M290X Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 840M Radeon R9 M290X
    Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon R9 M290X has 203% more power consumption, than GeForce 840M.
    • GeForce 840M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 M290X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce 840M and Radeon R9 M290X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 840M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M290X - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce 840M is 179 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.
    • GeForce 840M and Radeon R9 M290X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce 840M is 800 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M290X.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 1−2 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−11
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
    4K / 2160p − 4−5
    low / 720p 12−14 30−35
    medium / 1080p 3−4 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M290X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 283% more, than GeForce 840M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 840M Radeon R9 M290X
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N15S-GT Neptune
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 7 January 2014
    Pipelines 384 1280
    Core clock speed 1029 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1124 MHz 900 MHz
    Transistor count 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 17.98 72.00
    Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 92 Mh/s 300 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized large
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 20
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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