NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE vs NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM 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 7 month(s) later
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • 3.8x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 100.42 gflops
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 3140 MHz vs 1796 MHz
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 709 vs 255
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 169
  • 3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2344 vs 758
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2289 vs 1254
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3127 vs 1723
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2289 vs 1254
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3127 vs 1723
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 May 2012 vs 29 September 2011
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops vs 100.42 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 25 Watt
Memory clock speed 3140 MHz vs 1796 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 709 vs 255
PassMark - G2D Mark 173 vs 169
Geekbench - OpenCL 2344 vs 758
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2289 vs 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3127 vs 1723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2289 vs 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3127 vs 1723

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
709
255
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
173
169
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2344
758
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2289
1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3127
1723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2289
1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3127
1723
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 709 255
PassMark - G2D Mark 173 169
Geekbench - OpenCL 2344 758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 251.012
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2289 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3127 1723
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2289 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3127 1723

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Fermi 2.0
Code name GF108 GF119
Launch date 4 May 2012 29 September 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $849.99
Place in performance rating 1345 1348
Price now $849.99
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 1.17

Technical info

CUDA cores Up to 384
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops 100.42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 292 million
Core clock speed 523 MHz
Texture fill rate 4.18 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 128bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3140 MHz 1796 MHz
Memory type DDR3\DDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory bandwidth 14.37 GB / s

Technologies

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