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
GPU 1
GPU 2
923
640
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
198
237
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3184
1564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.861
4.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
275.972
279.435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.727
0.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.445
13.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.381
58.58
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1476
1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1963
1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2580
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1476
1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1963
1631
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2580
3358
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M AMD FirePro V3900
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

Essentials

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

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

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 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

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

Memory

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

3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus