NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 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 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 3.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 112
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1170 vs 463
  • 6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 49
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2012 vs 29 October 2007
Pipelines 384 vs 112
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 vs 463
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

  • Around 66% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 902 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 28.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3328
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3328
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 902 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 28.86 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 3328

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1170
463
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
295
49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3346
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 463
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 49
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 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK107 G92
Launch date 5 June 2012 29 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $99 $349
Place in performance rating 1158 1399
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 25.25

Technical info

Core clock speed 902 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 112
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit