NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300M 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 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 9x more texture fill rate: 28.86 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
  • 24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
  • 27.1x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 25.6 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
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 13.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1173 vs 85
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 242
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3328 vs 778
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3328 vs 778
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2012 vs 1 February 2008
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 16
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1173 vs 85
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 vs 242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 vs 778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 vs 778

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1173
85
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
295
242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
778
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
PassMark - G3D Mark 1173 85
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 242
Geekbench - OpenCL 3766
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 778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 778
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK107 G86
Launch date 5 June 2012 1 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 1178 1181
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 25.25

Technical info

Core clock speed 902 MHz 800 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 16
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s 3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 13 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 210 million
CUDA cores 16

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors 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 9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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