NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G 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: 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 9x more texture fill rate: 28.86 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
  • 48x more pipelines: 384 vs 8
  • 54.1x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 19.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1173 vs 59
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 292 vs 241
  • 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 542
  • 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 542
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2012 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 8
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1173 vs 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 292 vs 241
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 vs 542

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

  • 6.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1173
59
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
292
241
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
542
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark 1173 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 292 241
Geekbench - OpenCL 3727
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 542
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 542
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK107 G86
Launch date 5 June 2012 9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 1200 1203
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 25.25

Technical info

Core clock speed 902 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 8
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s 3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 10 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0