AMD Radeon HD 7500G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7500G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7500G

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3194 vs 3127
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3194 vs 3127
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3194 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3194 vs 3127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2199 vs 752
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2289 vs 1452
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2289 vs 1452
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 100
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 692 vs 308
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2199 vs 752
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2289 vs 1452
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2289 vs 1452
PassMark - G2D Mark 172 vs 100
PassMark - G3D Mark 692 vs 308

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
752
2199
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1452
2289
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1452
2289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3194
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3194
3127
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
100
172
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
308
692
Name AMD Radeon HD 7500G NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
Geekbench - OpenCL 752 2199
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1452 2289
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1452 2289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3194 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3194 3127
PassMark - G2D Mark 100 172
PassMark - G3D Mark 308 692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 251.012
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1583

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7500G NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 Fermi
Code name Trinity GF108
Launch date 15 May 2012 4 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1338 1339
Type Laptop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $849.99
Price now $849.99
Value for money (0-100) 1.17

Technical info

Boost clock speed 424 MHz
Core clock speed 327 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 256 384
CUDA cores Up to 384
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

API support

DirectX 11 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bus width 128bit
Memory clock speed 3140 MHz
Memory type DDR3\DDR5

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 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers