AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

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Combined performance score

GT 640
3.04
+11.8%

GeForce GT 640 outperforms Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 12% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking726763
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.19no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGK107Kaveri Spectre
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 June 2012 (11 years old)14 January 2014 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$99 no data
Current price$157 (1.6x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384384
Core clock speed902 MHz720 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Texture fill rate28.86no data
Floating-point performance692.7 gflopsno data

Size and 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 3.0 x16no data
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1782 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Video outputs and ports

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 DisplayPortno data
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126no data
CUDA3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 640 3.04
+11.8%
R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 2.72

GeForce GT 640 outperforms Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 12% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 640 1560
+11%
R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 1406

GeForce GT 640 outperforms Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 11% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD14−16
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Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.04 2.72
Recency 5 June 2012 14 January 2014

The GeForce GT 640 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
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AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

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