NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

598
Place in performance rating
274
7.88
Value for money (0-100)
20.04
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GK107
Code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Type
Desktop
5 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
19 November 2012 (9 years ago)
$99
Launch price (MSRP)
$270
$137 (1.4x MSRP)
Price now
$133 (0.5x MSRP)
0.85
Value for money
13.51
GK107
GPU code name
Tahiti
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
1536
902 MHz
Core clock speed
925 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
975 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
28.86
Texture fill rate
93.60
692.7 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,995 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
no data
Boost clock speed
975 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
185 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin

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 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1782 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
28.51 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
+
HDMI
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
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

Less power consumption (65 Watt vs 185 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

15.43% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($133 (0.5x MSRP) vs $137 (1.4x MSRP))

More pipelines (1536 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (192.0 GB/s vs 28.51 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 versus AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT performance benchmarks comparison

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