Key Differences
In short — Radeon R9 290 outperforms GeForce GT 640M LE on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon R9 290 is 550 days newer than GeForce GT 640M LE.
Advantages of GeForce GT 640M LE
- Consumes up to 88% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 32 vs 275 Watts
Advantages of Radeon R9 290
- Performs up to 50% better in Immortals of Aveum than GeForce GT 640M LE - 27 vs 18 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE - 4 vs 2 GB
Immortals of Aveum
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GT 640M LE
Mobile • May 4th, 2012
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GT 640M LE
Mobile • May 4th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
3.012 GPixel/s
5%
Texel Fillrate
12.05 GTexel/s
8%
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
Pixel Fillrate
60.61 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
151.5 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GT 640M LE | vs | Radeon R9 290 |
|---|---|---|
| May 4th, 2012 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2013 |
| GeForce 600M | Generation | Volcanic Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $399 |
| None | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 512-bit |
| 50.24 GB/s | Bandwidth | 320 GB/s |
| 753 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 947 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 785 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
