NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 vs AMD Radeon E8860

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Combined performance score

Radeon E8860
4.35
+23.9%

Radeon E8860 outperforms GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 by 24% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking628682
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.18
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameVenusGK208
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 January 2014 (10 years old)29 May 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$89
Current priceno data$230 (2.6x MSRP)
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 cores640384
Core clock speed575 MHz1046 MHz
Boost clock speed625 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million915 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt49 Watt
Texture fill rate25.0033.47
Floating-point performance800.0 gflops803.3 gflops

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 x16PCIe 2.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz5008 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s40.06 GB/s

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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDAno data3.5

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.35 3.51
Recency 25 January 2014 29 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 49 Watt

The Radeon E8860 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 in performance tests.


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