Radeon RX 5700 vs GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition with Radeon RX 5700, including specs and performance data.

GT 640M Mac Edition
2013
512 MB GDDR5, 32 Watt
1.04

RX 5700 outperforms GT 640M Mac Edition by a whopping 3494% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1097125
Place by popularitynot in top-10072
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data44.76
Power efficiency2.2314.23
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGK107Navi 10
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 February 2013 (11 years ago)7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 speed745 MHz1465 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate23.84248.4
Floating-point processing power0.5722 TFLOPS7.949 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs32144

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data268 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth40 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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
CUDA3.0-

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 HD3−4
−3700%
114
+3700%
1440p1−2
−6800%
69
+6800%
4K1−2
−4000%
41
+4000%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.06
1440pno data5.06
4Kno data8.51

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 640M Mac Edition and RX 5700 compete in popular games:

  • RX 5700 is 3700% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5700 is 6800% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5700 is 4000% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.04 37.38
Recency 3 February 2013 7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 180 Watt

GT 640M Mac Edition has 462.5% lower power consumption.

RX 5700, on the other hand, has a 3494.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% 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 640M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition is a notebook card while Radeon RX 5700 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
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