AMD Radeon HD 8350G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8350G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 8350G

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8350G

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 720 MHz vs 645 MHz
Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4669 vs 3184

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2013 vs 22 March 2012
Boost clock speed	720 MHz vs 645 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4669 vs 3184

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 198 vs 169
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 923 vs 304
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1963 vs 1104
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1963 vs 1104
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2580 vs 1685
Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2580 vs 1685

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	384 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	198 vs 169
PassMark - G3D Mark	923 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963 vs 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963 vs 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2580 vs 1685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2580 vs 1685

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8350G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4669

3184

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

198

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

923

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1104

1963

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1104

1963

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1685

2580

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1685

2580

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8350G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
Geekbench - OpenCL	4669	3184
PassMark - G2D Mark	169	198
PassMark - G3D Mark	304	923
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1104	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1104	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1685	2580
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1685	2580
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 8350G	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Kepler
Code name	Richland	GK107
Launch date	12 March 2013	22 March 2012
Place in performance rating	1344	1346
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	720 MHz	645 MHz
Core clock speed	514 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	128	384
CUDA cores		384
Floating-point performance		480.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		32 Watt
Transistor count		1,270 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
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
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus