Radeon RX 640 vs GeForce GT 650M SLI

Place in performance ranking	586	589
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.68	12.58
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	N13E-GE	Polaris 12
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	22 March 2012 (12 years ago)	12 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$545	$193

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 640 has 1750% better value for money than GT 650M SLI.

Detailed Specifications

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 cores	768	640
Core clock speed	790 MHz	1218 MHz
Boost clock speed	835 MHz	1218 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	38.98

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 650M SLI and Radeon RX 640 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+

Supported GPU Technologies

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

FreeSync	no data	+
Optimus	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	no data	6.4
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no 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 650M SLI 5.09
+1%

RX 640 5.04

GeForce GT 650M SLI outperforms Radeon RX 640 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 650M SLI 12812

RX 640 14141
+10.4%

Radeon RX 640 outperforms GeForce GT 650M SLI by 10% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 650M SLI 3597

RX 640 5235
+45.5%

Radeon RX 640 outperforms GeForce GT 650M SLI by 46% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

900p	79 +5.3%	75−80 −5.3%
Full HD	50 +85.2%	27 −85.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10
+12.5%

8−9

−12.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −100%	20 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −100%	30 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −90.9%	21 +90.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −54.5%	17 +54.5%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −69.2%	22 +69.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −53.3%	23 +53.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −81.8%	20 +81.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +0%	11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Hitman 3	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

This is how GT 650M SLI and RX 640 compete in popular games:

GT 650M SLI is 5.3% faster than RX 640 in 900p
GT 650M SLI is 85.2% faster than RX 640 in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GT 650M SLI is 50% faster than the RX 640.
in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 640 is 100% faster than the GT 650M SLI.

All in all, in popular games: