GeForce GT 640 OEM vs Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

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Aggregated performance score

R7 (Bristol Ridge)
2016
1.95
+15.4%

Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) outperforms GeForce GT 640 OEM by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking859891
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.24no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.2 (2015−2016)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeGK107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 June 2016 (7 years ago)24 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Current price$80 $99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores512384
Core clock speedno data797 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.50
Floating-point performanceno data612.1 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) and GeForce GT 640 OEM compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1782 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.51 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno data1.1.126
CUDAno data3.0

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 HD15
+25%
12−14
−25%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hitman 3 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Hitman 3 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

This is how R7 (Bristol Ridge) and GT 640 OEM compete in popular games:

  • R7 (Bristol Ridge) is 25% faster than GT 640 OEM in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.95 1.69
Recency 1 June 2016 24 April 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 50 Watt

The Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) is a notebook card while GeForce GT 640 OEM is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
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