NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 675 MHz
  • 3.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 112
  • Around 91% better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 362.9 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1170 vs 556
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 134
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2012 vs 1 July 2009
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 675 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 112
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 vs 556
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 vs 134

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

  • Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 28.86 GTexel / s
  • Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1782 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3328
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3328
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 37.8 GTexel / s vs 28.86 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 2200 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3328

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1170
556
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
295
134
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3353
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1170 556
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 134
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 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK107 G92B
Launch date 5 June 2012 1 July 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 1158 1159
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 362.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 112
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s 37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 754 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 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 2200 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3