ATI Radeon X800 SE vs GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and Radeon X800 SE, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 640 Rev. 2
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 49 Watt
3.55
+976%

GT 640 Rev. 2 outperforms ATI X800 SE by a whopping 976% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7241299
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency4.96no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameGK208R423
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)4 October 2004 (20 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed1046 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors915 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Wattno data
Texture fill rate33.473.400
Floating-point processing power0.8033 TFLOPSno data
ROPs88
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 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1252 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.06 GB/s44.8 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)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
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 0.33
Recency 29 May 2013 4 October 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

GT 640 Rev. 2 has a 975.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X800 SE in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2
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