NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 80% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 7.2x more texture fill rate: 28.86 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
  • 4.8x more pipelines: 384 vs 80
  • 8.7x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1170 vs 181
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 20.86 vs 7.489
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2375 vs 904
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 1733
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2375 vs 904
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 1733
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 80
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 vs 181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.86 vs 7.489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2375 vs 904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 vs 1733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375 vs 904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 vs 1733

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430

  • 9.3x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 330 vs 295
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 330 vs 295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1170
181
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
295
330
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.86
7.489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2375
904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
1733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2375
904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
1733
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 181
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 330
Geekbench - OpenCL 3768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 206.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.86 7.489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2375 904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 1733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375 904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 1733
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Park
Launch date 5 June 2012 7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 1177 1163
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 25.25

Technical info

Core clock speed 902 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 80
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s 4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 7 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 292 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5?
Shared memory 0