AMD Radeon RX 640 vs AMD Radeon RX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and AMD Radeon RX 560 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1218 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
  • Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60-80 Watt
Launch date 13 May 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Boost clock speed 1218 MHz vs 1200-1275 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 60-80 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 1082 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 38.98 GTexel/s
  • 2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 512
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 1769
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 1769
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 2775
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 2775
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6571 vs 3278
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6571 vs 3278
  • 4.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57671 vs 11683
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 486 vs 352
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3657 vs 2142
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1090-1175 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Texture fill rate 81.60 GTexel/s vs 38.98 GTexel/s
Pipelines 1024 vs 512
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3688 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3688 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6571 vs 3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6571 vs 3278
Geekbench - OpenCL 57671 vs 11683
PassMark - G2D Mark 486 vs 352
PassMark - G3D Mark 3657 vs 2142

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 560

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
6571
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11683
57671
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
352
486
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2142
3657
Name AMD Radeon RX 640 AMD Radeon RX 560
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2775 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2775 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 6571
Geekbench - OpenCL 11683 57671
PassMark - G2D Mark 352 486
PassMark - G3D Mark 2142 3657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 257.062
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1774

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 640 AMD Radeon RX 560

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Arctic Islands Polaris 21
Launch date 13 May 2019 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 794 513
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Price now $104.99
Type Desktop, Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 54.35

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1218 MHz 1200-1275 MHz
Compute units 8 14/16
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 1090-1175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines 512 1024
Pixel fill rate 19.49 GPixel/s 20.40 GP/s
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s 81.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 60-80 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 3,000 million
Floating-point performance 2.6 TFLOPs
Render output units 16
Stream Processors 896/1024
Texture Units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 5.7 inches (145 mm) 170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None None
Width Dual-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s 112 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)