NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE videocard review

GeForce GT 640M LE videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 4 May 2012. At the time of release, the videocard cost $849.99. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF108.

Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 384.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 585 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 20 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3\DDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128bit. Memory clock speed - 3140 MHz. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

709

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

173

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345391

2344

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

6.495 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

251.012 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

93.230 Frames/s

0.649 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

13.333 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4413.025 mHash/s

13.954 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

1583 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

2289 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3127 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

1583.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

2289.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3127.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	709
PassMark - G2D Mark	173
Geekbench - OpenCL	2344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	6.495 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	251.012 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	0.649 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	13.333 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	13.954 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	1583 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	2289 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3127 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	1583.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	2289.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3127.000 Fps

Games performance

1. Dirt Showdown (2012)
2. Diablo III (2012)
3. Mass Effect 3 (2012)
4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

5. Battlefield 3 (2011)
6. Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)
7. StarCraft 2 (2010)
8. Metro 2033 (2010)
9. World of Warcraft (2005)

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768	73.80
Medium, 1366x768	55.10
High, 1366x768	36.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.40

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	98.60
Medium, 1366x768	65.30
High, 1366x768	57.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	42.50

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	60.00
High, 1366x768	39.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	26.40

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	47.00
Medium, 1366x768	34.65
High, 1366x768	26.32
Ultra, 1920x1080	14.49

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	39.55
Medium, 1366x768	26.30
High, 1366x768	21.15
Ultra, 1920x1080	8.90

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768	60.00
High, 1366x768	48.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	19.03

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	184.90
Medium, 1360x768	55.70
High, 1360x768	37.66
Ultra, 1920x1080	23.84

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	58.40
Medium, 1360x768	37.50
High, 1600x900	19.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	6.60

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600	78.00
Medium, 1024x768	53.00
High, 1280x1024	26.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Fermi
Code name	GF108
Launch date	4 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$849.99
Place in performance rating	1345
Price now	$849.99
Type	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	1.17
Technical info
CUDA cores	Up to 384
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	585 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 API
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bus width	128bit
Memory clock speed	3140 MHz
Memory type	DDR3\DDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers