GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon X1650 PRO with GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition, including specs and performance data.

ATI X1650 PRO
2007
256 MB GDDR3, 44 Watt
0.22

GT 640M Mac Edition outperforms ATI X1650 PRO by a whopping 373% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13741097
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.342.23
ArchitectureUltra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameRV530GK107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 February 2007 (17 years ago)3 February 2013 (11 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 coresno data384
Core clock speed600 MHz745 MHz
Number of transistors157 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)44 Watt32 Watt
Texture fill rate2.40023.84
Floating-point processing powerno data0.5722 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs432

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s40 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 VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

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 0.22 1.04
Recency 1 February 2007 3 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 44 Watt 32 Watt

GT 640M Mac Edition has a 372.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 37.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1650 PRO in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon X1650 PRO is a desktop card while GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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