GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs Radeon 840M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 483 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3+ (2024) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Krackan Point | GP106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 June 2024 (1 year ago) | 20 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $299 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 256 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1506 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2900 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 136.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 4.375 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 48 |
| TMUs | no data | 80 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 250 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | no data | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7500 MHz | 2257 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 216.7 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 June 2024 | 20 April 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 16 nm |
Radeon 840M has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 840M and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 840M is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps is a desktop one.
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