[34 Gaming tests and videos] AMD Radeon RX 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce MX350 [10W] – the NVIDIA GPU wins big time
If you are on a hunt for a new device with a low-budget GPU, the mobile market is pretty well populated with a lot of options to pick from. The first thing that you can check is the AMD Zen 2 iGPUs because in most cases their performance is okay for budget machines and for games like Dota 2. Need something a bit more powerful? The next stop is the NVIDIA MX series and the AMD Radeon RX 640.
The red company doesn’t have a lot of mobile dedicated GPUs right now and the RX 640 is something like a lone wolf surrounded by many green competitors. That’s why for today’s comparison we picked the AMD Radeon RX 640 and the NVIDIA GeForce MX350 (10W) – both are budget offerings so let’s see which one of them is a better choice.
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Contents
Specs overview
The AMD Radeon RX 640 is a Polaris GPU and it uses Polaris 23 chip. We have 640 shaders, 16 ROPs, and up to 4GB GDDR5 memory. Frequencies wise, the base core clock can go from 1082 MHz to 1218 MHz and the memory is clocked at 6000 MHz, and its bus is 64-bit.
The NVIDIA GeForce MX350 (10W) is the successor of the MX250 (10W). It’s almost the same GPU as the good old GTX 1050 but it has a 64-bit memory bus and the TGP is lowered to 10W. This a Pascal video card that is based on the GP107 chip. It offers 640 shader units and 16 ROPs. The base and the boost clocks are 747 MHz and 937 MHz. The memory is set to 7008 MHz.
GPU comparison table
AMD Radeon RX 640 | GeForce MX350 (10W) | |
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Architecture | Polaris | Pascal |
GPU chip | Polaris 23 | GP107 |
Shader units | 640 | 640 |
ROPs | 16 | 16 |
Base Clock (MHz) | 1082 (+45%) | 747 |
Boost clock (MHz) | 1218 (+30%) | 937 |
Memory clock (MHz) | 6000 | up to 7000 (+17%) |
Memory size (MB) | up to 4GB | 2048 |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Memory bus width (bit) | 64 | 64 |
TGP (Total Graphics Power) | 50W (TDP) | 10W |
DirectX version | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Technology | 14nm | 14nm |
RTX capabilities | No | No |
Release date | 08.2019 | 02.2020 |
Detailed specs | Link | Link |
Synthetic benchmarks
Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
CS:GO | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, MAX (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 70 fps | 66 fps | 54 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 91 fps (+30%) | 70 fps (+6%) | 67 fps (+24%) |
DOTA 2 | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 101 fps | 65 fps | 30 fps | 24 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 114 fps (+13%) | 77 fps (+18%) | 63 fps (+110%) | 52 fps (+117%) |
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) | Full HD, Normal (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 56 fps | 19 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 91 fps (+63%) | 42 fps (+121%) | 22 fps | 20 fps |
For Honor | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Extreme (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 20 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 36 fps (+80%) | 34 fps | 27 fps |
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 50 fps | 27 fps | 23 fps | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 77 fps (+54%) | 54 fps (+100%) | 35 fps (+52%) | 29 fps |
Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) | Full HD, Lowest (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) | Full HD, MAX (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 31 fps | 20 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 52 fps (+68%) | 35 fps (+75%) | 15 fps | – |
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Very High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 17 fps | – | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 27 fps (+59%) | 19 fps | – | – |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) | Full HD, Lowest (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Highest (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 24 fps | – | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 38 fps (+58%) | 19 fps | – | – |
Doom (2016) | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 24 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 51 fps (+113%) | 29 fps | 19 fps |
Doom Eternal | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, U.Nightmare (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 21 fps (+11%) | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 19 fps | – | – |
Metro Exodus | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Extreme (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 16 fps (+129%) | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 7 fps | – | – |
Gears 5 | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 25 fps | 16 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 44 fps (+76%) | 29 fps (+81%) | 25 fps | – |
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra High (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 18 fps | – | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 32 fps (+78%) | 20 fps | – | – |
Hearthstone | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 185 fps (+41%) | 170 fps (+33%) | 60 fps (+76%) |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 131 fps | 128 fps | 34 fps |
Minecraft | Full HD, Minimum (Check settings) | Full HD, Maximum (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 227 fps | 32 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | – | – |
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League Of Legends | Full HD, V.Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, V.High (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 177 fps (+7%) | 172 fps (+10%) | 149 fps (+16%) |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 165 fps | 156 fps | 129 fps |
Rocket League | Full HD, H.Performance (Check settings) | Full HD, H.Quality (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 104 fps | 33 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 131 fps (+26%) | 88 fps (+167%) |
Overwatch | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Epic (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 44 fps | 32 fps | 20 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 91 fps (+107%) | 59 fps (+84%) | 37 fps (+85%) |
PUBG | Full HD, V.Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 30 fps | 18 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 48 fps (+60%) | 35 fps (+94%) | 32 fps | 23 fps |
Darksiders Genesis | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Mid (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 35 fps | 22 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 65 fps (+86%) | 41 fps (+86%) | 34 fps | 32 fps |
Halo Reach | Full HD, Performance (Check settings) | Full HD, Original (Check settings) | Full HD, Enhanced (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 56 fps | 47 fps | 42 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 76 fps (+36%) | 70 fps (+49%) | 66 fps (+57%) |
Borderlands 3 | Full HD, V.Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Badass (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 24 fps | – | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 38 fps (+58%) | 25 fps | – | – |
Team Fortress 2 | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, MAX (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 111 fps | 51 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 119 fps (+7%) | 98 fps (+92%) |
eFootball PES 2020 | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 34 fps | 19 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 62 fps (+82%) | 37 fps (95%) |
FIFA 20 | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 103 fps (+13%) | 45 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 91 fps | 68 fps (+51%) |
The Witcher 3 | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 25 fps | 18 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 41 fps (+64%) | 25 fps (+39%) | – | – |
Need For Speed Heat | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 22 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 29 fps (+32%) | 23 fps | – |
Apex Legends | Full HD, Min. (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, MAX (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 29 fps | 24 fps | 15 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 49 fps (+69%) | 38 fps (+58%) | 25 fps (+67%) |
Battlefield V | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 35 fps | 25 fps (+4%) | 24 fps | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 36 fps (+3%) | 24 fps | – | – |
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare | Full HD, V.Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Normal (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 18 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 24 fps (+33%) | 21 fps | – |
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ARK: Survival Evolved | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Epic (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 21 fps | – | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 35 fps (+67%) | 17 fps | – | – |
Total War Three Kingdoms | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 25 fps | 14 fps | – | – |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 49 fps (+96%) | 27 fps (+93%) | 17 fps | – |
Warframe | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, High (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 53 fps | 26 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 113 fps (+113%) | 56 fps (+115%) |
World Of Tanks Encore | Full HD, Low (Check settings) | Full HD, Medium (Check settings) | Full HD, Ultra (Check settings) |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | 155 fps | 41 fps | 20 fps |
GeForce MX350 (10W) | 173 fps (+12%) | 73 fps (+78%) | 35 fps (+75%) |
Performance summary (gaming tests)
AMD Radeon RX 640 vs GeForce MX350 (10W) | Full HD, Low | Full HD, Medium | Full HD, High | Full HD, Ultra | Average difference % |
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AMD Radeon RX 640 | |||||
GeForce MX350 (10W) | +46% | +55% | +57% | +106% | +66% |
Verdict
Undoubtfully, the GeForce MX350 (10W) is the better and faster GPU in this article. It offers much more performance when compared to the AMD Radeon RX 640. The latter is an uninspiring product because it falls behind when it faces almost any other low-budget dGPU. Even a lot of AMD iGPUs are better than the RX 640 – the AMD Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000, 15W) is faster than the RX 640 and yes, we are talking about integrated graphics with just 15W TDP for the whole SoC.
The Radeon RX 640 consumes more power and it’s much slower compared to the GeForce MX350 (10W) which makes the green video card a far better choice.
All laptops equipped with the AMD Radeon RX 640
All laptops equipped with the GeForce MX350 (10W)