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).

AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1088

1583

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1088

1583

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1519

2289

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1519

2289

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2278

3127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2278

3127

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8550 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
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		709
PassMark - G2D Mark		173
Geekbench - OpenCL		2344
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
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Turks	GF108
Launch date	25 October 2013	4 May 2012
Place in performance rating	1343	1345
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$849.99
Price now		$849.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.17
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
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
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers