AMD Radeon R7 M270 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), 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 R7 M270

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 4% better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 612.1 gflops
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.826 vs 9.932
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1747 vs 1502
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1747 vs 1502
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 January 2014 vs 24 April 2012
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops vs 612.1 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.826 vs 9.932
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1747 vs 1502
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1747 vs 1502

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 25.5 GTexel / s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2167 vs 527
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3334 vs 2081
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2167 vs 527
  • Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3334 vs 2081
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 797 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 25.5 GTexel / s vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2167 vs 527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3334 vs 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2167 vs 527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3334 vs 2081

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M270
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.826
9.932
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1747
1502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
527
2167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2081
3334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1747
1502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
527
2167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2081
3334
Name AMD Radeon R7 M270 NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 767
PassMark - G2D Mark 153
Geekbench - OpenCL 6810
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.826 9.932
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1747 1502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 527 2167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2081 3334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1747 1502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 527 2167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2081 3334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 254.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.32

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M270 NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Opal GK107
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 9 January 2014 24 April 2012
Place in performance rating 1384 1386
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 725 MHz 797 MHz
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops 612.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s 25.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,270 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 28.51 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed DDR3
Shared memory 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore