AMD Radeon HD 7500G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7500G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7500G

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7500G

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3194 vs 2580
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3194 vs 2580

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2012 vs 22 March 2012
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3194 vs 2580
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3194 vs 2580

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Around 52% higher boost clock speed: 645 MHz vs 424 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3191 vs 752
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1963 vs 1452
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1963 vs 1452
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 195 vs 100
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 919 vs 308

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	645 MHz vs 424 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 256
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	3191 vs 752
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963 vs 1452
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963 vs 1452
PassMark - G2D Mark	195 vs 100
PassMark - G3D Mark	919 vs 308

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7500G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

752

3191

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1452

1963

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1452

1963

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3194

2580

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3194

2580

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

100

195

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

308

919

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7500G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
Geekbench - OpenCL	752	3191
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1452	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1452	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3194	2580
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3194	2580
PassMark - G2D Mark	100	195
PassMark - G3D Mark	308	919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		275.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		17.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1476
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1476

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7500G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Kepler
Code name	Trinity	GK107
Launch date	15 May 2012	22 March 2012
Place in performance rating	1338	1340
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	424 MHz	645 MHz
Core clock speed	327 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	256	384
CUDA cores		384
Floating-point performance		480.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		32 Watt
Transistor count		1,270 million
API support
DirectX	11	12 API
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bus width		128bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3\GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus