AMD Radeon RX 640 vs AMD Radeon Vega 9

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and AMD Radeon Vega 9 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.

AMD Radeon RX 640

AMD Radeon Vega 9

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2775 vs 2482
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2775 vs 2482
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3278 vs 2591
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3278 vs 2591
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10390 vs 9706
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1954 vs 1591

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 26 Oct 2017
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775 vs 2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775 vs 2482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278 vs 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278 vs 2591
Geekbench - OpenCL	10390 vs 9706
PassMark - G3D Mark	1954 vs 1591

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9

Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1218 MHz
Around 13% higher pipelines: 576 vs 512
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1856 vs 1769
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1856 vs 1769
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 339

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1218 MHz
Pipelines	576 vs 512
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1856 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1856 vs 1769
PassMark - G2D Mark	409 vs 339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega 9

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1769

1856

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1769

1856

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

2482

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

2482

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3278

2591

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3278

2591

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10390

9706

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

339

409

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1954

1591

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	AMD Radeon Vega 9
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769	1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769	1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775	2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775	2482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278	2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278	2591
Geekbench - OpenCL	10390	9706
PassMark - G2D Mark	339	409
PassMark - G3D Mark	1954	1591

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	AMD Radeon Vega 9
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Vega
Code name	Arctic Islands	Vega Raven Ridge
Launch date	13 May 2019	26 Oct 2017
Place in performance rating	810	811
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz	1300 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 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	576
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	4500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		Yes
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)