NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M290X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M290X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

not rated
Place in performance rating
333
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK107
Code name
Neptune
Desktop
Type
Laptop
24 April 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
$99
Price now
$613
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Value for money
1.68
GK107
GPU code name
Neptune
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M290X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
1280
797 MHz
Core clock speed
850 MHz
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Boost Clock
900 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
25.50
Texture fill rate
72.00
612.1 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,304 gflops
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Compute units
20
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
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Boost clock speed
900 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M290X.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M290X can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1782 MHz
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
28.51 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M290X, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M290X is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
+
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M290X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M290X 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 GT 640 OEM or AMD Radeon R9 M290X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM

Cheaper ($99 vs $613)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 100 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M290X

16% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 28.51 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM or AMD Radeon R9 M290X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M290X .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM versus AMD Radeon R9 M290X performance benchmarks comparison

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