GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition vs Radeon HD 8250
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 8250 and GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
640M Mac Edition outperforms HD 8250 by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1283 | 1163 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.90 | 2.30 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Kalindi | GK107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (12 years ago) | 3 February 2013 (12 years ago) |
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 | 128 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 745 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 1,270 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 32 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 23.84 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1024 TFLOPS | 0.5722 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
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 | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 40 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 3.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−75%
|
7−8
+75%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−75%
|
14−16
+75%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−85.2%
|
50−55
+85.2%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 16−18
−76.5%
|
30−33
+76.5%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−12
−63.6%
|
18−20
+63.6%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−75%
|
7−8
+75%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−75%
|
14−16
+75%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−66.7%
|
10−11
+66.7%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−85.2%
|
50−55
+85.2%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−12
−63.6%
|
18−20
+63.6%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−75%
|
7−8
+75%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−75%
|
14−16
+75%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
−66.7%
|
10−11
+66.7%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−85.2%
|
50−55
+85.2%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 5−6
−80%
|
9−10
+80%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Escape from Tarkov | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−71.4%
|
24−27
+71.4%
|
| Valorant | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.51 | 0.96 |
| Recency | 23 May 2013 | 3 February 2013 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 32 Watt |
HD 8250 has an age advantage of 3 months, and 300% lower power consumption.
GT 640M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has a 88.2% higher aggregate performance score.
The GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8250 in performance tests.
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