GeForce GT 640 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 640 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire. 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 Crossfire. 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 Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 640 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 84% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 640.
  • GeForce GT 640 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce GT 640 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 640 is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 640 is 202 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • GeForce GT 640 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 640 is 782 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 16−18
ultra / 1080p 1−2 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 5−6 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than GeForce GT 640.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 640 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK107 Broadway-XT
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 5 June 2012 7 January 2010
Pipelines 384 1600
Core clock speed 902 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.86
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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