NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE vs AMD FirePro V3900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and AMD FirePro V3900 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 10x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 199 Watt
  • Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 3140 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 706 vs 640
  • Around 50% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2344 vs 1564
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.495 vs 4.646
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.649 vs 0.468
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1583 vs 1311
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2289 vs 1631
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1583 vs 1311
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2289 vs 1631
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 May 2012 vs 7 February 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 199 Watt
Memory clock speed 3140 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 706 vs 640
Geekbench - OpenCL 2344 vs 1564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.495 vs 4.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.649 vs 0.468
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1583 vs 1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2289 vs 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1583 vs 1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2289 vs 1631

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V3900

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • Around 63% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 237 vs 173
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 279.435 vs 251.012
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 13.784 vs 13.333
  • 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 58.58 vs 13.954
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3127
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3127
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 237 vs 173
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 279.435 vs 251.012
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.784 vs 13.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 58.58 vs 13.954
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V3900

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
706
640
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
173
237
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2344
1564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.495
4.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
251.012
279.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.649
0.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.333
13.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.954
58.58
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1583
1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2289
1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3127
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1583
1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2289
1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3127
3358
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE AMD FirePro V3900
PassMark - G3D Mark 706 640
PassMark - G2D Mark 173 237
Geekbench - OpenCL 2344 1564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.495 4.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 251.012 279.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.649 0.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.333 13.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.954 58.58
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1583 1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2289 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3127 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1583 1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2289 1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3127 3358

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE AMD FirePro V3900

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF108 Turks
Launch date 4 May 2012 7 February 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $849.99
Place in performance rating 1345 1347
Price now $849.99
Type Laptop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 1.17

Technical info

CUDA cores Up to 384
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 199 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 716 million
Core clock speed 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Form factor Half Height / Half Length
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 128bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3140 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3\DDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory bandwidth 28 GB / s

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers