AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
  • Around 53% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5763 vs 3762
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.771 vs 11.448
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 285.896 vs 206.777
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.219 vs 0.792
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.949 vs 14.637
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 72.899 vs 20.86
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2540 vs 2375
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3328
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2540 vs 2375
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3328
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 January 2013 vs 5 June 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5763 vs 3762
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.771 vs 11.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 285.896 vs 206.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.219 vs 0.792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.949 vs 14.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 72.899 vs 20.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2540 vs 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2540 vs 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3328

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

  • Around 24% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 730 MHz
  • Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 28.86 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1173 vs 942
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 285
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2134 vs 1759
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2134 vs 1759
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 730 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1173 vs 942
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 vs 285
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2134 vs 1759
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134 vs 1759

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
942
1173
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
285
295
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5763
3762
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.771
11.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
285.896
206.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.219
0.792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.949
14.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
72.899
20.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1759
2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2540
2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1759
2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2540
2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3328
Name AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
PassMark - G3D Mark 942 1173
PassMark - G2D Mark 285 295
Geekbench - OpenCL 5763 3762
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.771 11.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 285.896 206.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.219 0.792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.949 14.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 72.899 20.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1759 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2540 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1759 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2540 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3328
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Oland GK107
Launch date 8 January 2013 5 June 2012
Place in performance rating 1162 1163
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Price now $59.99
Value for money (0-100) 25.25

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 902 MHz
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops 692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 18.72 GTexel / s 28.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 145 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3