NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 25.5 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 612.1 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 69 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB or 1 GB
  • Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2167 vs 1979
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3334 vs 1385
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2167 vs 1979
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3334 vs 1385
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2012 vs 17 November 2009
Texture fill rate 25.5 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 612.1 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 69 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB or 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2167 vs 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3334 vs 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2167 vs 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3334 vs 1385

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

  • Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 797 MHz
Core clock speed 1340 MHz vs 797 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2167
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3334
1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2167
1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3334
1385
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 254.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.32
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2167 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3334 1385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2167 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3334 1385
PassMark - G3D Mark 504
PassMark - G2D Mark 48
Geekbench - OpenCL 9236

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla 2.0
Code name GK107 GT215
Launch date 24 April 2012 17 November 2009
Place in performance rating 1386 1390
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Price now $37.99
Value for money (0-100) 22.27

Technical info

Core clock speed 797 MHz 1340 MHz
Floating-point performance 612.1 gflops 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 96
Texture fill rate 25.5 GTexel / s 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 69 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 727 million
CUDA cores 96
Maximum GPU temperature 105C C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA