AMD Radeon R7 250 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 840M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Oland | GM108 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Oland XT (215-0837000) | N15S-GT |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Maxwell |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 950 million | unknown |
| Die size | 77 mm² | unknown |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 8th, 2013 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | — |
| Reviews | 24 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Sea Islands | — |
| Successor | Pirate Islands | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 1000 MHz | 1029 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1050 MHz | 1124 MHz |
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 2 Gbps effective | 1001 MHz 2 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 32.00 GB/s | 16.02 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 384 | 384 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| Compute units | 6 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 1024 KB |
| SMM count | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 8.400 GPixel/s | 8.992 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 25.20 GTexel/s | 17.98 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 806.4 GFLOPS | 863.2 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 50.40 GFLOPS (1:16) | 26.98 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | IGP |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 33 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | C550, C552 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 5.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Mar 12th, 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 800M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 700M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 900M |
