ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP vs GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

GT 640 GT 640 OEM GT 640 OEM Rebrand GT 640 Rev. 2
VS
Radeon HD 2600 PRO Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP Radeon HD 2600 XT Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 640 Rev. 2
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 49 Watt
3.55
+1124%

GT 640 Rev. 2 outperforms ATI HD 2600 PRO AGP by a whopping 1124% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GT 640 Rev. 2 GT 640 Rev. 2
ATI HD 2600 PRO AGP HD 2600 PRO AGP

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7241340
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency4.970.57
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGK208RV630
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)28 June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores384120
Core clock speed1046 MHz594 MHz
Number of transistors915 million390 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate33.474.752
Floating-point processing power0.8033 TFLOPS0.1426 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs328

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 x8AGP 8x
Length145 mmno data
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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1252 MHz396 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.06 GB/s12.67 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 VGA1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
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 0.29
Recency 29 May 2013 28 June 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 35 Watt

GT 640 Rev. 2 has a 1124.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 2600 PRO AGP, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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