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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

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: 293 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	293 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 1176
4.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18229 vs 3731

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 1176
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229 vs 3731

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1176

1222

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

293

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3731

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	1176	1222
PassMark - G2D Mark	293	96
Geekbench - OpenCL	3731	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	1200	1202
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