GeForce GT 640M LE vs Radeon HD 6990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 640M LE and Radeon HD 6990. 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 640M LE and Radeon HD 6990. 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.

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 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3\DDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 1775% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 640M LE.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE and Radeon HD 6990 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6990 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE is build with Fermi / Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 3200 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 640M LE.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 1−2 30−35
medium / 1080p 0−1 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3100% more, than GeForce GT 640M LE.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 640M LE Radeon HD 6990
Architecture Fermi / Kepler TeraScale 3
Code name N13P-LP Antilles
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 22 March 2012 8 March 2011
Pipelines 384 1536
Core clock speed 830 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 79.68
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 295 mm
Memory bus width 128bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 - 4000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
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 265 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
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