ATI Radeon VE PCI vs GeForce GT 635M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking994not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.84no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameGF116Rage 6
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)19 February 2001 (23 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresUp to 144no data
Core clock speedUp to 675 MHz183 MHz
Boost clock speed753 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,170 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate16.200.55
Floating-point processing power0.3888 TFLOPSno data
ROPs161
TMUs243

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 MB
Memory bus widthUp to 192bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz183 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 43.2 GB/s2.928 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 19 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 23 Watt

GT 635M has an age advantage of 11 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

ATI VE PCI, on the other hand, has 52.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 635M and Radeon VE PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 635M is a notebook card while Radeon VE PCI is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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