NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs ATI Radeon 7500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and ATI Radeon 7500 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

ATI Radeon 7500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 290 MHz
16.6x more texture fill rate: 28.86 GTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 460 MHz
390x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1170 vs 3
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2012 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	902 MHz vs 290 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.86 GTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1170 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	295 vs 35

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7500

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

295

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640	ATI Radeon 7500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1170	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	295	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	3771
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1565

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640	ATI Radeon 7500
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rage 7
Code name	GK107	RV200
Launch date	5 June 2012	14 August 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	1158	1670
Price now	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	25.25
Technical info
Core clock speed	902 MHz	290 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	28.86 GTexel / s	1.74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR