NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 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 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 28.86 GTexel / s vs 24.8 billion / sec
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 266
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2134 vs 1857
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2134 vs 1857
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2012 vs 30 May 2011
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s vs 24.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 vs 266
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2134 vs 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134 vs 1857

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1274 vs 1173
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4769 vs 3762
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.598 vs 11.448
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 404.618 vs 206.777
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.227 vs 0.792
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 25.333 vs 14.637
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 44.123 vs 20.86
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3275 vs 2375
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3275 vs 2375
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1274 vs 1173
Geekbench - OpenCL 4769 vs 3762
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.598 vs 11.448
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 404.618 vs 206.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.227 vs 0.792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.333 vs 14.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.123 vs 20.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3275 vs 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 vs 3328
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3275 vs 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 vs 3328

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1173
1274
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
295
266
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3762
4769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.448
13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
206.777
404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.792
1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.637
25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.86
44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2134
1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2375
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2134
1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2375
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3341
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1173 1274
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 266
Geekbench - OpenCL 3762 4769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.448 13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 206.777 404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.792 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.637 25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.86 44.123
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2134 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2375 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 3341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi 2.0
Code name GK107 GF116
Launch date 5 June 2012 30 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $99
Place in performance rating 1163 1165
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 25.25

Technical info

Core clock speed 902 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s 24.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 192

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus