AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS 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 9600M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
10.5x more core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 103 MHz
5665.7x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 6.88 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 512 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 1600 MHz
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2775 vs 1798
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2775 vs 1798
5.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 60
16.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1952 vs 118

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 103 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s vs 6.88 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775 vs 1798
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775 vs 1798
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 60
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952 vs 118

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

1798

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

1798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1952

118

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775	1798
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775	1798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278
Geekbench - OpenCL	10390
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	60
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952	118

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Arctic Islands	G96
Launch date	13 May 2019	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	811	1538
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	103 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 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	32
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s	6.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Floating-point performance		68.8 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-II
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	Dual-slot
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
PCI-E 2.0