GeForce 840A vs Radeon RX 5500M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 840A and Radeon RX 5500M. 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 840A and Radeon RX 5500M. 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.

Radeon RX 5500M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 5500M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon RX 5500M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 840A Radeon RX 5500M
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 5500M has 157% more power consumption, than GeForce 840A.
  • GeForce 840A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon RX 5500M has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 840A.
  • GeForce 840A is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 5500M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 840A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 298 MHz higher, than GeForce 840A.
  • GeForce 840A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 11998 MHz higher, than GeForce 840A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 21−24
ultra / 1080p 2−3 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 14−16 40−45
medium / 1080p 5−6 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 316% more, than GeForce 840A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 840A Radeon RX 5500M
Architecture Maxwell Navi / RDNA
Code name GM108 Navi 14 / R19M-E85
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 17 March 2014 29 September 2019
Pipelines 384 1408
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1327 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 1645 MHz
Transistor count 6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 144.8
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.5
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size medium sized
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