AMD Radeon HD 8570D vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8570D and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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 8570D

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Launch date 26 September 2012 vs 4 May 2012
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 704 vs 438
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 160
  • Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2344 vs 1495
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1583 vs 843
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2289 vs 1924
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3127 vs 2966
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1583 vs 843
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2289 vs 1924
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3127 vs 2966
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 256
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 704 vs 438
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 vs 160
Geekbench - OpenCL 2344 vs 1495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1583 vs 843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2289 vs 1924
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3127 vs 2966
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1583 vs 843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2289 vs 1924
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3127 vs 2966

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8570D
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
438
704
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
160
171
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1495
2344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843
1583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1924
2289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2966
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
843
1583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1924
2289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2966
3127
Name AMD Radeon HD 8570D NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
PassMark - G3D Mark 438 704
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 171
Geekbench - OpenCL 1495 2344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 843 1583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1924 2289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2966 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 843 1583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1924 2289
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2966 3127
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
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 8570D NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 Fermi
Code name Richland GF108
Launch date 26 September 2012 4 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1337 1340
Type Desktop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $849.99
Price now $849.99
Value for money (0-100) 1.17

Technical info

Core clock speed 844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 256 384
CUDA cores Up to 384
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

Technologies

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