GeForce GT 640M LE vs Radeon R7 250

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 640M LE and Radeon R7 250, 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 R7 250, 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 R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors N/A
Memory type DDR3\DDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Radeon R7 250 has 275% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 640M LE.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE and Radeon R7 250 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 250 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE is build with Fermi / Kepler architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GT 640M LE and Radeon R7 250 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 640M LE is 650 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 250 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce GT 640M LE.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 640M LE Radeon R7 250
Architecture Fermi / Kepler GCN
Code name N13P-LP Oland XT
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 22 March 2012 1 October 2013
Pipelines 384 384
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 25.20
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 128bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 - 4000 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 API
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores Up to 384
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI + +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536
3D Blu-Ray +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 14 Mh/s 117 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
AppAcceleration +
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