AMD Radeon HD 7640G vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7640G and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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.

AMD Radeon HD 7640G

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7640G

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 256 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 65 nm
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 2172
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 2172

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2012 vs 1 February 2010
Pipelines	256 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 2172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 2172

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 497 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 124
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 636 vs 458

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 497 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	128 vs 124
PassMark - G3D Mark	636 vs 458

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7640G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

2172

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

2172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

128

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

458

636

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7640G	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
Geekbench - OpenCL	1187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	636
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2245
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2245
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	2172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	2172
PassMark - G2D Mark	124	128
PassMark - G3D Mark	458	636

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7640G	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Tesla
Code name	Trinity	G92
Launch date	15 May 2012	1 February 2010
Place in performance rating	1288	1291
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	686 MHz
Core clock speed	497 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	256	128
CUDA cores		128
Floating-point performance		384.0 gflops
Gigaflops		576
Texture fill rate		38 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		754 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		61 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		Single Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0