AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 914 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1218 MHz vs 1124 MHz
  • 867x more texture fill rate: 38.98 GTexel/s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11683 vs 9744
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 352 vs 217
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 May 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1082 MHz vs 914 MHz
Boost clock speed 1218 MHz vs 1124 MHz
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 11683 vs 9744
PassMark - G2D Mark 352 vs 217

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1769
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1769
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2775
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2775
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 3278
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 3278
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 2142
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 vs 3278
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 vs 3278
PassMark - G3D Mark 2577 vs 2142

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1769
3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2775
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3278
4148
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11683
9744
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
352
217
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2142
2577
Name AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1769 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1769 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2775 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2775 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3278 4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3278 4148
Geekbench - OpenCL 11683 9744
PassMark - G2D Mark 352 217
PassMark - G3D Mark 2142 2577
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell
Code name Arctic Islands GM107
Launch date 13 May 2019 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 794 797
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1218 MHz 1124 MHz
Compute units 8
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 914 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 512 640
Pixel fill rate 19.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 38.98 GTexel/s 44.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 2200 million 1,870 million
CUDA cores 640
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
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 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s 32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (7000 MHz effective) 1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3 or GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI