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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 840M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M.

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

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 840M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 840M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 840M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M.

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

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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 confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 840M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

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SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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User rating

3.8 Out of 88 Hitesti Score
2.0 Out of 2 Hitesti Score