GeForce 840M vs Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 840M and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 840M stacks up against Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 840M and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 840M and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire 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 HD 6990M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 840M Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce 840M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 840M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 840M is 314 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.
  • GeForce 840M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 840M is 1100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 3−4 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than GeForce 840M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 840M Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name N15S-GT Blackcomb XTX
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2014 12 July 2011
Pipelines 384 2240
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 715 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 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 large
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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