NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 82% higher core clock speed: 1046 MHz vs 576 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 803.3 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 768 MB
  • 5.6x more memory clock speed: 5008 MHz vs 900 MHz
Launch date 29 May 2013 vs 8 November 2006
Core clock speed 1046 MHz vs 576 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Floating-point performance 803.3 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 155 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed 5008 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 16.74 GTexel / s
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3220
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3220
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion / sec vs 16.74 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3220
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3220

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3220
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3220
3349
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 173.537
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 10.454
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2309
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3220 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2309
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3220 3349
PassMark - G3D Mark 584
PassMark - G2D Mark 94

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Tesla
Code name GK208 G80
Launch date 29 May 2013 8 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $89 $599
Place in performance rating 1273 1276
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1046 MHz 576 MHz
Floating-point performance 803.3 gflops 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 384 128
Texture fill rate 16.74 GTexel / s 36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 155 Watt
CUDA cores 575
Transistor count 681 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm 270 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 768 MB
Memory bandwidth 40.06 GB / s 86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5008 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

SLI