AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR 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

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 19 year(s) 3 month(s) later
9x more core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 120 MHz
81.2x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 480 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 220 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 32 MB
5.8x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 300 MHz
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 201
390.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1952 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s vs 480 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 201
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952 vs 5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

201

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1952

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278
Geekbench - OpenCL	10390
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	201
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952	5

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Celsius
Code name	Arctic Islands	NV10 A3
Launch date	13 May 2019	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	810	883
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	220 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
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x VGA
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12	7.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)	300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)