Key Differences
In short — Radeon R9 280 outperforms GeForce GT 640M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon R9 280 is 712 days newer than GeForce GT 640M.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
- Consumes up to 84% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 32 vs 200 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 280
- Performs up to 280% better in ARK: Survival Evolved than GeForce GT 640M - 19 vs 5 FPS
- Up to 50% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - 3 vs 2 GB
ARK: Survival Evolved
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
GeForce GT 640M
Mobile • Mar 22nd, 2012
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon R9 280
Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
29.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
104.5 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M | vs | AMD Radeon R9 280 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 22nd, 2012 | Release Date | Mar 4th, 2014 |
| GeForce 600M | Generation | Volcanic Islands |
| Not Available | MSRP | $279 |
| None | Outputs | 1x DVI, 2x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 28.8 GB/s | Bandwidth | 240 GB/s |
| 625 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 827 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 933 MHz |
| 900 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1250 MHz |
