NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1046 MHz vs 835 MHz
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 803.3 gflops vs 729.6 gflops
  • Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 5008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2309 vs 1094
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3354 vs 2253
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3220 vs 3176
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2309 vs 1094
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3354 vs 2253
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3220 vs 3176
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 May 2013 vs 22 March 2012
Core clock speed 1046 MHz vs 835 MHz
Floating-point performance 803.3 gflops vs 729.6 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed 5008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2309 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3354 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3220 vs 3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2309 vs 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3354 vs 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3220 vs 3176

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

  • Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 30.4 billion / sec vs 16.74 GTexel / s
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.837 vs 10.475
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 405.086 vs 173.537
  • 34.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.098 vs 0.032
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.798 vs 8.717
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 33.754 vs 10.454
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 30.4 billion / sec vs 16.74 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.837 vs 10.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 405.086 vs 173.537
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.098 vs 0.032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.798 vs 8.717
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 33.754 vs 10.454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.475
10.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
173.537
405.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.032
1.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.717
21.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.454
33.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2309
1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3220
3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2309
1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3354
2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3220
3176
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.475 10.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 173.537 405.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.032 1.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.717 21.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 10.454 33.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2309 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3354 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3220 3176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2309 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3354 2253
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3220 3176
PassMark - G3D Mark 1449
PassMark - G2D Mark 265
Geekbench - OpenCL 4031
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 475

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Kepler
Code name GK208 GK107
Launch date 29 May 2013 22 March 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Place in performance rating 1275 1277
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1046 MHz 835 MHz
Floating-point performance 803.3 gflops 729.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 16.74 GTexel / s 30.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 50 Watt
Boost clock speed 950 MHz
CUDA cores 384
Transistor count 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 40.06 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128bit
Memory clock speed 5008 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA