AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT 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 9800M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 500 MHz
1624.2x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 24 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 1600 MHz
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 81
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1952 vs 381

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 May 2019 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 81
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952 vs 381

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3237 vs 2775
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3237 vs 2775

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3237 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3237 vs 2775

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

3237

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2775

3237

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1952

381

Name	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2775	3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2775	3237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3278
Geekbench - OpenCL	10390
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	81
PassMark - G3D Mark	1952	381

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 640	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Arctic Islands	G92
Launch date	13 May 2019	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	810	1333
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1218 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1082 MHz	500 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	96
Pixel fill rate	19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.98 GTexel/s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	2200 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		240 gflops
Gigaflops		360
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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7 inches (145 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	Dual-slot
Laptop size		large
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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
CUDA
PureVideo HD