AMD Radeon RX 640 vs AMD Radeon RX 570

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and AMD Radeon RX 570 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 17% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1218 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
Launch date 13 May 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed 1082 MHz vs 926-1168 MHz
Boost clock speed 1218 MHz vs 1206-1244 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570

  • 4.1x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 38.98 GTexel/s
  • 4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 512
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3624 vs 1769
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3624 vs 1769
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 2775
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 2775
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9172 vs 3278
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9172 vs 3278
  • 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36107 vs 11683
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 626 vs 352
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6967 vs 2142
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s vs 38.98 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2048 vs 512
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3624 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3624 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9172 vs 3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9172 vs 3278
Geekbench - OpenCL 36107 vs 11683
PassMark - G2D Mark 626 vs 352
PassMark - G3D Mark 6967 vs 2142

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 570

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3624
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
9172
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11683
36107
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
352
626
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2142
6967
Name AMD Radeon RX 640 AMD Radeon RX 570
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2775 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2775 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 9172
Geekbench - OpenCL 11683 36107
PassMark - G2D Mark 352 626
PassMark - G3D Mark 2142 6967
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 520.089
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 880

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 640 AMD Radeon RX 570

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Arctic Islands Polaris 20
Launch date 13 May 2019 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 794 405
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Price now $149.99
Type Desktop, Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 59.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1218 MHz 1206-1244 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 926-1168 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 2048
Pixel fill rate 19.49 GPixel/s 39.81 GP/s
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s 159.23 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 5,700 million
Floating-point performance 5.1 TFLOPs
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2048
Texture Units 128

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 5.7 inches (145 mm) 241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Width Dual-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 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
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)