NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 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 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 610 MHz
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
  • Around 11% better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 189 Watt
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 295 vs 96
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2012 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed 902 MHz vs 610 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 240
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 189 Watt
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 vs 96
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3328 vs 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 vs 3319

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

  • Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 28.86 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1222 vs 1178
  • 4.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18229 vs 3727
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s vs 28.86 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1222 vs 1178
Geekbench - OpenCL 18229 vs 3727

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1178
1222
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
295
96
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3727
18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3328
3319
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
PassMark - G3D Mark 1178 1222
PassMark - G2D Mark 295 96
Geekbench - OpenCL 3727 18229
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 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2134
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2375
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3328 3319
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1565

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla 2.0
Code name GK107 GT200B
Launch date 5 June 2012 11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $99 $3,499
Place in performance rating 1199 1201
Price now $59.99 $178.89
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 25.25 8.02

Technical info

Core clock speed 902 MHz 610 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 240
Texture fill rate 28.86 GTexel / s 48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 189 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3