GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 vs Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

Place in performance ranking	861	686
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.24	0.19
Architecture	GCN 1.2 (2015−2016)	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name	Bristol Ridge	GK208
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	29 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$89
Current price	$80	$230 (2.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 (Bristol Ridge) has 26% better value for money than GT 640 Rev. 2.

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	512	384
Core clock speed	no data	1046 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2410 Million	915 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-45 Watt	49 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	33.47
Floating-point performance	no data	803.3 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) and GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x8
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
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	no data	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	no data	1 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	5008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	40.06 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 Connectors	no data	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.1.126
CUDA	no data	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:

Full HD

−68.8%

27−30
+68.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−75%

7−8
+75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Hitman 3	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −75%	14−16 +75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −71.4%	24−27 +71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−75%

7−8
+75%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1