NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M255
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
VS
AMD Radeon R5 M255

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and AMD Radeon R5 M255. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

684
Place in performance rating
854
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK107
Code name
Topaz
Laptop
Type
Laptop
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
1 May 2014 (7 years ago)
$310
Price now
no data
0.18
Value for money
no data
N13P-GS
GPU code name
Topaz Pro / Sun
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and AMD Radeon R5 M255 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
940 MHz
645 MHz
Boost Clock
940 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
1,550 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
32 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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Texture fill rate
22.56
480.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
721.9 gflops
384
CUDA cores
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Compute units
5
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
645 MHz
Boost clock speed
940 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
1,550 million
32 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and AMD Radeon R5 M255.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
medium sized
Laptop size
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PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0 x8

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 640M and AMD Radeon R5 M255 can be seen in this section.

DDR3\GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1800 - 4000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
16 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and AMD Radeon R5 M255, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDCP
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Up to 2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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no data
Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and AMD Radeon R5 M255 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
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AppAcceleration
+
no data
HD3D
+
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
+
no data
Enduro
-
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1
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DirectCompute
no data
no data
PowerPlay
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and AMD Radeon R5 M255. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.5
OpenGL
4.4
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.1
OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and AMD Radeon R5 M255 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 640M or AMD Radeon R5 M255 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
AMD Radeon R5 M255
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
AMD Radeon R5 M255
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
AMD Radeon R5 M255 8.5
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 640M

1.45% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 M255

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M or AMD Radeon R5 M255?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M versus AMD Radeon R5 M255 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R5 M255