Radeon Graphics 448SP vs GeForce GT 640M LE

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking911not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency3.98no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGF108Renoir
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 May 2012 (12 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$849.99 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 coresUp to 384448
Core clock speedUp to 500 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors585 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate12.0553.20
Floating-point processing power0.289 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs1628

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3\DDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128bitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed785 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidthUp to 28.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputsMotherboard Dependent
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 May 2012 6 January 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 15 Watt

Graphics 448SP has an age advantage of 7 years, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 640M LE and Radeon Graphics 448SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 640M LE is a notebook card while Radeon Graphics 448SP is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
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AMD Radeon Graphics 448SP
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