GeForce GT 640 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 640 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GT 640 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 5870 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 640 Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • GeForce GT 640 has 30% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GeForce GT 640 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GT 640 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GeForce GT 640 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 640 is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 640 is 202 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GeForce GT 640 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 640 is 782 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 10−11
ultra / 1080p 1−2 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 21−24
medium / 1080p 5−6 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than GeForce GT 640.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 640 Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK107 Broadway-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 5 June 2012 7 January 2010
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 902 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.86 28.00
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 1,120.0 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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