AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 49 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 29 May 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 49 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1046 MHz vs 775 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 16.74 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.2x better floating-point performance: 803.3 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5008 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Core clock speed	1046 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	16.74 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	803.3 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	5008 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

Name	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2
PassMark - G2D Mark	164
PassMark - G3D Mark	336
Geekbench - OpenCL	782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		173.537
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		10.454
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2309
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2309
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3220

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Caicos	GK208
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	21 December 2013	29 May 2013
Place in performance rating	1273	1274
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$89
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1046 MHz
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops	803.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	384
Texture fill rate	6.2 GTexel / s	16.74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x8
Length	168 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	40.06 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity