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    GeForce 840M vs Radeon HD 8730M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 840M and Radeon HD 8730M, 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 8730M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce 840M and Radeon HD 8730M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 840M and Radeon HD 8730M 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 8730M here:

    GeForce 840M Laptops
    Radeon HD 8730M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 840M Radeon HD 8730M
    Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
    Memory type DDR3 DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce 840M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8730M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 840M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 8730M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce 840M is 379 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8730M.
    • GeForce 840M and Radeon HD 8730M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce 840M and Radeon HD 8730M is 2000 MHz.

    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 HD 8730M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 840M Radeon HD 8730M
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name N15S-GT Mars
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 16 November 2012
    Pipelines 384 384
    Core clock speed 1029 MHz 650 MHz
    Boost Clock 1124 MHz 700 MHz
    Transistor count 950 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 17.98 16.80
    Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 537.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 32 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 92 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized medium sized
    Optimus +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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