GeForce GTS 150M vs Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics

Place in the ranking	951	1031
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.99
Architecture	Terascale 3 (2010−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	no data	G94
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	3 March 2009 (15 years ago)

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 cores	656	64
Core clock speed	655 / 450 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	505 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	12.80
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.128 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	no data	192
ROPs	no data	16
TMUs	no data	32

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 size	medium sized	large
Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options	-	2-way
MXM Type	no data	MXM 3.0 Type-B

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 type	no data	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	Up to 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	51 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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 Connectors	no data	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF

Supported technologies

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

Power management

no data

8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	no data	4.0
OpenGL	no data	2.1
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
CUDA	-	+

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

32
+33.3%

24−27

−33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +3%	30−35 −3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +3%	30−35 −3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +3%	30−35 −3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

This is how HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics and GTS 150M compete in popular games:

HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics is 33% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics is ahead in 29 tests (60%)
there's a draw in 19 tests (40%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.64	1.31
Recency	15 May 2012	3 March 2009
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm

HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics has a 25.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 150M in performance tests.

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