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).

AMD Radeon HD 8350G

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

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
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4669 vs 2199

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2013 vs 4 May 2012
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4669 vs 2199

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 172 vs 169
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 692 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	172 vs 169
PassMark - G3D Mark	692 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

2199

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

172

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

692

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	2199
PassMark - G2D Mark	169	172
PassMark - G3D Mark	304	692
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	1337	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	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