AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
- Around 63% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
| Launch date | 25 October 2013 vs 4 May 2012 |
| Pipelines | 480 vs 384 |
| Floating-point performance | 624.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 60 Watt
- Around 96% higher memory clock speed: 3140 MHz vs 1600 MHz
- Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1583 vs 1088
- Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1583 vs 1088
- Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2289 vs 1519
- Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2289 vs 1519
- Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3127 vs 2278
- Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3127 vs 2278
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt vs 60 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 3140 MHz vs 1600 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1583 vs 1088 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1583 vs 1088 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2289 vs 1519 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2289 vs 1519 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3127 vs 2278 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3127 vs 2278 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM | NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1088 | 1583 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1088 | 1583 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1519 | 2289 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1519 | 2289 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2278 | 3127 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2278 | 3127 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 692 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 172 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2199 | |
| 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 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM | NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Fermi |
| Code name | Turks | GF108 |
| Launch date | 25 October 2013 | 4 May 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 1336 | 1339 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $849.99 | |
| Price now | $849.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 1.17 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 624.0 gflops | 384.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 480 | 384 |
| Texture fill rate | 15.6 GTexel / s | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt | 20 Watt |
| Transistor count | 716 million | 585 million |
| CUDA cores | Up to 384 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | No outputs |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 API |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 3140 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR3\DDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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