NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 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) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 675 MHz
  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 28.86 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
  • 12x more pipelines: 384 vs 32
  • 7.5x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 92.8 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
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1170 vs 170
  • 11.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 26
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2375 vs 1728
  • 332.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 10
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2375 vs 1728
  • 332.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 10
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s vs 10.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 32
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 vs 170
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 vs 26
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2375 vs 1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 vs 10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375 vs 1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 vs 10

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

  • Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1170
170
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
295
26
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2375
1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
10
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2375
1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
10
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 170
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 26
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 1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 10
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375 1728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 10
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK107 G84
Launch date 5 June 2012 17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $99 $199
Place in performance rating 1158 1539
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 25.25

Technical info

Core clock speed 902 MHz 675 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 92.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 32
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s 10.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

SLI