Radeon R5 220 OEM vs GeForce GT 640

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking767not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.20no data
Power efficiency3.27no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK107Cedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 June 2012 (12 years ago)21 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99 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 cores38480
Core clock speed902 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate28.865.200
Floating-point processing power0.6927 TFLOPS0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs164
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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mm168 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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed891 MHz533 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s8.528 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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 June 2012 21 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 19 Watt

GT 640 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

R5 220 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 242.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 640 and Radeon R5 220 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
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AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM
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