AMD Radeon 840M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU vs AMD Radeon 860M
AMD Radeon 840M
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The Radeon 840M is a fairly powerful RDNA 3.5 architecture iGPU that debuted in early 2025 in Krakan Point APUs and a direct successor to the Radeon 740M. It packs just a few differences under the hood, such as faster caches; its 4CUs/WGPs (256 unified shaders) run at up to 2,900 MHz.
DX12 Ultimate, ray tracing, AI image generation and other modern features are all supported here, as are many popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The latest addition to that list, the VVC codec, is not HW-supported unlike it is with Intel Lunar Lake chips. Miracast and FreeSync support is present. The iGPU can drive up to 4 monitors simultaneously with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p60.
RDNA 3.5-based GPUs are projected to be fully supported by AMD until some time in 2027.
Performance
Its gaming performance is good enough for playing 2024 games in low graphics settings. Looking at the specs, the 840M should be slightly faster than the average Radeon 740M.
Power consumption
Krakan Point chips are a single-die design, meaning the iGPU is built with the same TSMC N4P process as the CPU cores for above average, as of late 2024, power efficiency.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
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The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU (mobile, GN20-P0-R, 2023 Refresh) is the refresh of the RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU (slowest RTX 3000 mobile card) and also based on the GA107 Ampere chip. The 6GB variant offers more CUDA cores (2,560, +25%) but a cut down memory bus to 96 Bit. The clock speed depends on the TGP variant and can range from 713 - 1530 (base) and 1058 - 1740 (boost) for the TGP variants of 35 to 80 Watt (see table below).
The performance is between the old 4GB RTX 3050 and the RTX 3050 Ti and therefore best suited for full HD gaming (1920 x 1080) in medium to high graphic settings. The performance is not sufficient to enable Raytracing in most games, but the Tensor cores can be used for DLSS in some games (and get performance boost with slight quality reduction). Beware, that the low TGP variants will offer a significantly lower performance.
The GA107 chip offers 3,072 FP32 ALUs of which half can also execute INT32 instructions (i.e. 1,536 INT32 ALUs). The RTX 3050 however maybe won't use all ALUs on the chip. With Turing all shaders could still execute FP32 or INT32 instructions. The raytracing and tensor cores on the chip were also improved according to Nvidia. The Ampere chips also include an improved 5th generation video encoder (NVENC for H.264 and H.265) and a 7th generation decoder (for various formats now including AV1).
The GA107 chip is manufactured by Samsung in 8nm (8N), which is not quite able to keep up with the 7nm node at TSMC (e.g. used by AMD and also for the professional GA100 Ampere chip).
AMD Radeon 860M
► remove from comparisonThe Radeon 860M is a fairly powerful RDNA 3.5 architecture iGPU that debuted in early 2025 in Krakan Point APUs and a direct successor to the Radeon 760M. It packs just a few differences under the hood, such as faster caches; its 8 CUs/WGPs (512 unified shaders) run at up to 3,000 MHz.
DX12 Ultimate, ray tracing, AI image generation and other modern features are all supported here, as are many popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC, VP9 and AV1. The latest addition to that list, the VVC codec, is not HW-supported unlike it is with Intel Lunar Lake chips. Miracast and FreeSync support is present. The iGPU can drive up to 4 monitors simultaneously with resolutions as high as SUHD 4320p60.
RDNA 3.5-based GPUs are projected to be fully supported by AMD until some time in 2027.
Performance
Its gaming performance is good enough for playing 2024 games in low graphics settings.
Power consumption
Krakan Point chips are a single-die design, meaning the iGPU is built with the same TSMC N4P process as the CPU cores for above average, as of late 2024, power efficiency.
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| Codename | Krackan Point | GN20-P0-R 6GB | Krackan Point | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | RDNA 3+ | Ampere | RDNA 3+ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 256 - unified | 2560 - unified | 512 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raytracing Cores | 4 | 16 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 2900 (Boost) MHz | 1237 - 1492 (Boost) MHz | 2900 (Boost) MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 7500 MHz | 12000 effective = 1500 MHz | 7500 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | no | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12_2 | DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6 | DirectX 12_2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 4 nm | 8 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PCIe | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Displays | 4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1 | HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a | 4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | FreeSync, Miracast, SUHD 4320p60 resolution support, AVC/HEVC/VP9/AV1 encoding and decoding | NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, Resizable BAR, NVIDIA Broadcast, NVIDIA Ansel, NVIDIA ShadowPlay, NVIDIA G-SYNC, Advanced Optimus, Nvidia Max-Q, Dynamic Boost | FreeSync, Miracast, SUHD 4320p60 resolution support, AVC/HEVC/VP9/AV1 encoding and decoding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | large | medium sized | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 02.06.2024 | 06.01.2023 | 02.06.2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Radeon 740M | GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU | Radeon 760M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TMUs | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROPs | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tensor / AI Cores | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 96 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 6 GB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bandwidth | 144 GB/s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP) |
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Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon 840M
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon 840M
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + AMD Radeon 860M
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon 840M → 100% n=14
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU → 185% n=14
Average Benchmarks AMD Radeon 860M → 129% n=14
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
F1 25
2025
Civilization 7
2025
Stalker 2
2024
Until Dawn
2024
Space Marine 2
2024
Star Wars Outlaws
2024
F1 24
2024
Ghost of Tsushima
2024
Dragon's Dogma 2
2024
Helldivers 2
2024
Counter-Strike 2
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
F1 23
2023
Returnal
2023
The Witcher 3 v4
2023
F1 22
2022
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6
2022
F1 2021
2021
Strange Brigade
2018
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015Average Gaming AMD Radeon 840M → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU → 226%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 289%
Average Gaming AMD Radeon 860M → 130%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 136%
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | ||||
| F1 25 | 68.1 | 52.9 | 41.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| F1 24 | 44 | 38 | 27 | 71 | 64 | 50 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 24.8 | 18.4 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 63 | 49 | 41 | 35 | 21.3 | 36 | 27 | 21 | 17 | ||||||||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 23.1 | 18.6 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 59.7 | 50.3 | 45.4 | 44.3 | 33 | 26 | 21 | 20 | |||||||||
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 52.1 | 40.2 | 33.9 | 28.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Strange Brigade | 131.9 | 50.6 | 41.1 | 34.2 | 237 | 105 | 87 | 76 | 57.1 | 150 | 59 | 49 | 41 | ||||||||
| Far Cry 5 | 141 | 83 | 77 | 72 | 52 | 101 | 50 | 45 | 42 | ||||||||||||
| X-Plane 11.11 | 59 | 42 | 36.5 | 117 | 100 | 84 | 69 | 54 | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 61.1 | 25.6 | 16.7 | 124 | 67 | 49 | 35 | 71 | 35 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Dota 2 Reborn | 167.5 | 124.5 | 73.7 | 66 | 152 | 136 | 122 | 112 | 150 | 120 | 78 | 71 | |||||||||
| The Witcher 3 | 222 | 139 | 86 | 49 | 37 | 143.3 | 90.9 | 45.6 | 28.4 | ||||||||||||
| GTA V | 163.2 | 151.5 | 45.4 | 18.3 | 176 | 174 | 116 | 61 | 40 | 164 | 151 | 61 | 24 | ||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 2 1 3 | 3 3 2 | 4 3 1 | 3 1 1 | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 6 | 2 4 3 | 3 5 1 | 3 4 | 1 5 | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 3 5 4 | 2 6 2 2 | 3 7 2 | 6 2 1 | | |
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