AMD Radeon HD 8350G vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8350G and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8350G

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 99% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4669 vs 2344
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2013 vs 4 May 2012
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 4669 vs 2344

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 169
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 709 vs 304
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2289 vs 1104
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2289 vs 1104
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3127 vs 1685
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3127 vs 1685
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 173 vs 169
PassMark - G3D Mark 709 vs 304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2289 vs 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2289 vs 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3127 vs 1685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3127 vs 1685

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4669
2344
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
169
173
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
304
709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1104
2289
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1104
2289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1685
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1685
3127
Name AMD Radeon HD 8350G NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
Geekbench - OpenCL 4669 2344
PassMark - G2D Mark 169 173
PassMark - G3D Mark 304 709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1104 2289
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1104 2289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1685 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1685 3127
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 8350G NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 Fermi
Code name Richland GF108
Launch date 12 March 2013 4 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1344 1345
Type Laptop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $849.99
Price now $849.99
Value for money (0-100) 1.17

Technical info

Boost clock speed 720 MHz
Core clock speed 514 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 128 384
CUDA cores Up to 384
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16

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

Technologies

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