NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M vs AMD FirePro V3900
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 6.2x lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 199 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 923 vs 640
- 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3184 vs 1564
- Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 7.861 vs 4.646
- Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.727 vs 0.468
- Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 15.445 vs 13.784
- Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1476 vs 1311
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1963 vs 1631
- Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1476 vs 1311
- Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1963 vs 1631
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 22 March 2012 vs 7 February 2012 |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 32 Watt vs 199 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 1 GB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 923 vs 640 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 3184 vs 1564 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 7.861 vs 4.646 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.727 vs 0.468 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 15.445 vs 13.784 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1476 vs 1311 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1963 vs 1631 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1476 vs 1311 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1963 vs 1631 |
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V3900
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
- Around 30% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
- Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 237 vs 198
- Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 279.435 vs 275.972
- 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 58.58 vs 17.381
- Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2580
- Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2580
Specifications (specs) | |
Pipelines | 480 vs 384 |
Floating-point performance | 624.0 gflops vs 480.0 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 237 vs 198 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 279.435 vs 275.972 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 58.58 vs 17.381 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 2580 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 2580 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V3900
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M | AMD FirePro V3900 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 923 | 640 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 198 | 237 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 3184 | 1564 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 7.861 | 4.646 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 275.972 | 279.435 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.727 | 0.468 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 15.445 | 13.784 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 17.381 | 58.58 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1476 | 1311 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1963 | 1631 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2580 | 3358 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1476 | 1311 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1963 | 1631 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2580 | 3358 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M | AMD FirePro V3900 | |
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Architecture | Kepler | TeraScale 2 |
Code name | GK107 | Turks |
Launch date | 22 March 2012 | 7 February 2012 |
Place in performance rating | 1346 | 1347 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 645 MHz | |
CUDA cores | 384 | |
Floating-point performance | 480.0 gflops | 624.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 480 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 32 Watt | 199 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,270 million | 716 million |
Core clock speed | 650 MHz | |
Texture fill rate | 15.6 GTexel / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | |
DisplayPort count | 1 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
Form factor | Half Height / Half Length | |
Length | 168 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 API | 11.2 (11_0) |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bus width | 128bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3\GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Memory bandwidth | 28 GB / s | |
Technologies |
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DirectCompute | ||
DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
Optimus |