GeForce GT 640M LE vs Radeon HD 4850 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 640M LE and Radeon HD 4850 X2, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GT 640M LE stacks up against Radeon HD 4850 X2, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GT 640M LE is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GT 640M LE 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 GeForce GT 640M LE here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 640M LE Radeon HD 4850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3\DDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 1150% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 640M LE.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 510 GB more memory, than GeForce GT 640M LE.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE is build with Fermi / Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 190 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 640M LE.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
ultra / 1080p 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4850 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce GT 640M LE.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 640M LE Radeon HD 4850 X2
Architecture Fermi / Kepler TeraScale
Code name N13P-LP R700
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 22 March 2012 7 November 2008
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 625 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 25.00
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 - 4000 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 63.68 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 API 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores Up to 384
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536
3D Blu-Ray +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 14 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
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