Key Differences
In short — Radeon R9 280 outperforms GeForce 840M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon R9 280 is 8 days older than GeForce 840M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 840M
- Consumes up to 84% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 33 vs 200 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280
- Performs up to 11% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than GeForce 840M - 302 vs 271 FPS
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce 840M - 3 vs 2 GB
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce 840M
Mobile • Mar 12th, 2014
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
29.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
104.5 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce 840M | vs | AMD Radeon R9 280 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 12th, 2014 | Release Date | Mar 4th, 2014 |
| GeForce 800M | Generation | Volcanic Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $279 |
| None | Outputs | 1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 64-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 16.02 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
1029 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 827 MHz |
1124 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 933 MHz |
| 1001 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
