Radeon 540 vs GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and Radeon 540, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 640 Rev. 2
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 49 Watt
3.55

540 outperforms GT 640 Rev. 2 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking717712
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.190.10
Power efficiency5.175.11
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGK208Lexa
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 $79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 640 Rev. 2 has 90% better value for money than Radeon 540.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384384
Core clock speed1046 MHz1183 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1124 MHz
Number of transistors915 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate33.4728.39
Floating-point processing power0.8033 TFLOPS0.9085 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs3224

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed1252 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.06 GB/s24 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.5-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.55 3.58
Recency 29 May 2013 20 April 2017
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 50 Watt

GT 640 Rev. 2 has 2% lower power consumption.

Radeon 540, on the other hand, has a 0.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and Radeon 540.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2
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