Radeon RX 5700 vs GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and Radeon RX 5700, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 640 Rev. 2
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 49 Watt
3.55

RX 5700 outperforms GT 640 Rev. 2 by a whopping 957% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking721121
Place by popularitynot in top-10074
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.1946.74
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGK208Navi 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 $349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5700 has 24500% better value for money than GT 640 Rev. 2.

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 cores3842304
Core clock speed1046 MHz1465 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistors915 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate33.47248.4
Floating-point processing power0.8033 gflops7.949 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mm268 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5008 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.06 GB/s448.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.5-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD10−12
−1070%
117
+1070%
1440p6−7
−1083%
71
+1083%
4K4−5
−975%
43
+975%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 84
+0%
84
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 77
+0%
77
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 97
+0%
97
+0%
Battlefield 5 180
+0%
180
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 102
+0%
102
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75
+0%
75
+0%
Far Cry 5 112
+0%
112
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 99
+0%
99
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 288
+0%
288
+0%
Hitman 3 76
+0%
76
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 294
+0%
294
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 113
+0%
113
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 259
+0%
259
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 130
+0%
130
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80
+0%
80
+0%
Battlefield 5 145
+0%
145
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 92
+0%
92
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 67
+0%
67
+0%
Far Cry 5 90
+0%
90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 90
+0%
90
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 276
+0%
276
+0%
Hitman 3 75
+0%
75
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 291
+0%
291
+0%
Metro Exodus 143
+0%
143
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 98
+0%
98
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 175
+0%
175
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 243
+0%
243
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60
+0%
60
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 77
+0%
77
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 68
+0%
68
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 58
+0%
58
+0%
Far Cry 5 64
+0%
64
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 118
+0%
118
+0%
Hitman 3 73
+0%
73
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 119
+0%
119
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 155
+0%
155
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 91
+0%
91
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 58
+0%
58
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 102
+0%
102
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 102
+0%
102
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 73
+0%
73
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 51
+0%
51
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+0%
53
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50
+0%
50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 36
+0%
36
+0%
Far Cry 5 52
+0%
52
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 267
+0%
267
+0%
Hitman 3 55
+0%
55
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 93
+0%
93
+0%
Metro Exodus 94
+0%
94
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 108
+0%
108
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 244
+0%
244
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70
+0%
70
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 53
+0%
53
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 39
+0%
39
+0%
Hitman 3 39
+0%
39
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 116
+0%
116
+0%
Metro Exodus 57
+0%
57
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 48
+0%
48
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+0%
31
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 31
+0%
31
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 26
+0%
26
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 15
+0%
15
+0%
Far Cry 5 26
+0%
26
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 70
+0%
70
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 64
+0%
64
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 11
+0%
11
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35
+0%
35
+0%

This is how GT 640 Rev. 2 and RX 5700 compete in popular games:

  • RX 5700 is 1070% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5700 is 1083% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5700 is 975% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.55 37.51
Recency 29 May 2013 7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 180 Watt

GT 640 Rev. 2 has 267.3% lower power consumption.

RX 5700, on the other hand, has a 956.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2
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