NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 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
  • Around 80% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 28.86 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • 2.9x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 240 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1170 vs 462
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 175
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 2485
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 2485
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2012 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 vs 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 vs 175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 vs 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 vs 2485

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1170
462
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
295
175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
2485
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 175
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 2485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 2485
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK107 G92
Launch date 5 June 2012 1 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 1158 1160
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 25.25

Technical info

Core clock speed 902 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 96
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 754 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-HE
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI