GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 vs ATI Radeon HD 5670

Place in the ranking	869	717
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.20	0.19
Power efficiency	2.26	5.03
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name	Redwood	GK208
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 January 2010 (14 years ago)	29 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119	$89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 5670 has 5% 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 cores	400	384
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1046 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	915 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	49 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.50	33.47
Floating-point processing power	0.62 TFLOPS	0.8033 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	20	32

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x8
Length	168 mm	145 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1252 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	40.06 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	3.5

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:

900p	26 −53.8%	40−45 +53.8%
Full HD	32 −56.3%	50−55 +56.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−60%

8−9
+60%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Hitman 3	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −66.7%	60−65 +66.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Hitman 3	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −50%	18−20 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −66.7%	60−65 +66.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −55.6%	14−16 +55.6%
Hitman 3	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −66.7%	30−33 +66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −60%	16−18 +60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −50%	18−20 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −66.7%	60−65 +66.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−50%

6−7
+50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −50%	18−20 +50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−60%

8−9
+60%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

This is how ATI HD 5670 and GT 640 Rev. 2 compete in popular games:

GT 640 Rev. 2 is 54% faster in 900p
GT 640 Rev. 2 is 56% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.08	3.55
Recency	14 January 2010	29 May 2013
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	49 Watt

GT 640 Rev. 2 has a 70.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 30.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5670 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.