NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
30.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1170 vs 38
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 145

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2012 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	902 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1170 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	295 vs 145

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

295

145

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
PassMark - G3D Mark	1170	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	295	145
Geekbench - OpenCL	3771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	11.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	206.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	20.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3328
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1565

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK107	C73
Launch date	5 June 2012	4 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	1158	1161
Price now	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	25.25
Technical info
Core clock speed	902 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	28.86 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		630 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz
Memory type	DDR3