NVIDIA GeForce 840M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
NVIDIA GeForce 840M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

627
Place in performance rating
823
Maxwell
Architecture
GT2xx
GM108
Code name
GT215
Laptop
Type
Laptop
12 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
15 June 2009 (12 years ago)
$743
Price now
$230
0.18
Value for money
0.09
N15S-GT
GPU code name
N10E-GE
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
96
1029 MHz
Core clock speed
500 MHz
1124 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
no data
Transistor count
727 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
28 Watt
17.98
Texture fill rate
16.00
863.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
240 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
96
no data
Gigaflops
360
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
1124 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
no data
Number of transistors
727 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
28 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
medium sized
Laptop size
large
no data
SLI options
+
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
no data
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
16.02 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M is the additional functionality.

2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
+
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
no data
HybridPower
+
no data
Power management
8.0
no data
PowerMizer 8.0
+
no data
MXM 3.0 Type-B
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
4.5
OpenGL
2.1
1.1.126
Vulkan
N/A
5.1
Shader Model
4.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 840M or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 840M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 840M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 840M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 840M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 840M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 840M

2.28% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Cheaper ($230 vs $743)

Less power consumption (28 Watt vs 33 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (51.2 GB/s vs 16.02 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 840M or NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 840M .

NVIDIA GeForce 840M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 840M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M