NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM 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: 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 Mac Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 23.84 GTexel / s vs 14 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • Around 70% better floating-point performance: 572.2 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
  • Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.577 vs 2.907
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 226.218 vs 182.993
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.559 vs 0.475
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 11.947 vs 7.65
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2983 vs 2029
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 February 2013 vs 24 April 2012
Texture fill rate 23.84 GTexel / s vs 14 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 572.2 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.577 vs 2.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 226.218 vs 182.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.559 vs 0.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.947 vs 7.65
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2983 vs 2029

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 745 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 18.19 vs 12.554
  • 42.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2029 vs 48.1
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 875 MHz vs 745 MHz
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 18.19 vs 12.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2029 vs 48.1

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.577
2.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
226.218
182.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.559
0.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.947
7.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.554
18.19
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2983
2029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
48.1
2029
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.577 2.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 226.218 182.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.559 0.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.947 7.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.554 18.19
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2983 2029
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5586
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 28.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 48.1 2029
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 99.8

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Kepler
Code name GK107 GK107
Launch date 3 February 2013 24 April 2012
Place in performance rating 1512 1514
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 745 MHz 875 MHz
Floating-point performance 572.2 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 23.84 GTexel / s 14 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 40 GB / s 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3