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    GeForce 840M vs Radeon 520

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 840M and Radeon 520. 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 520. 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 520 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 840M and Radeon 520 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 520 here:

    GeForce 840M Laptops
    Radeon 520 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 840M Radeon 520
    Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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    • Radeon 520 has 51% more power consumption, than GeForce 840M.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce 840M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon 520.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 840M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon 520 is 1 MHz higher, than GeForce 840M.
    • GeForce 840M and Radeon 520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon 520 is 250 MHz higher, than GeForce 840M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 1−2 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 0−1 −
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 12−14 1−2
    medium / 1080p 3−4 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce 840M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than Radeon 520.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 840M Radeon 520
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
    Code name N15S-GT Oland
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 384 320
    Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1030 MHz
    Boost Clock 1124 MHz
    Transistor count 1,040 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 17.98 20.60
    Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 659.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 16 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.0
    Shader Model 5.1 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 +
    CUDA +
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 92 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    Optimus +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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