AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 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 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1218 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • 2486x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3278 vs 1589
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3278 vs 1589
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10390 vs 3836
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 146
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1952 vs 791
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 May 2019 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 1082 MHz vs 810 MHz
Boost clock speed 1218 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 vs 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 vs 1589
Geekbench - OpenCL 10390 vs 3836
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 vs 146
PassMark - G3D Mark 1952 vs 791

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3235 vs 1769
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3235 vs 1769
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 2775
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 2775
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3235 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 vs 2775

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3235
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
1589
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10390
3836
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
340
146
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1952
791
Name AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2775 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2775 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 1589
Geekbench - OpenCL 10390 3836
PassMark - G2D Mark 340 146
PassMark - G3D Mark 1952 791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.77
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 345

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Kepler
Code name Arctic Islands GK107
Launch date 13 May 2019 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 811 1305
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1218 MHz 980 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 810 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 77.95 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1247 GFLOPS
Pipelines 512 384
Pixel fill rate 19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s 15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 1,270 million
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
HDMI
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 5.7 inches (145 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None
Width Dual-slot
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 12 API
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) 1802 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus