NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M vs NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
4.8x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 100.42 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 923 vs 255
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 198 vs 169
4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3184 vs 758
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1963 vs 1254
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2580 vs 1723
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1963 vs 1254
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2580 vs 1723

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 March 2012 vs 29 September 2011
Pipelines	384 vs 48
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 100.42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1796 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	923 vs 255
PassMark - G2D Mark	198 vs 169
Geekbench - OpenCL	3184 vs 758
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963 vs 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2580 vs 1723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963 vs 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2580 vs 1723

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 32 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 32 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

923

255

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

198

169

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3184

758

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1963

1254

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2580

1723

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1963

1254

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2580

1723

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M	NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	923	255
PassMark - G2D Mark	198	169
Geekbench - OpenCL	3184	758
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	275.972
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	17.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963	1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2580	1723
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963	1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2580	1723

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M	NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK107	GF119
Launch date	22 March 2012	29 September 2011
Place in performance rating	1346	1348
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	645 MHz
CUDA cores	384
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	100.42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 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 3.0 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	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1796 MHz
Memory type	DDR3\GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		14.37 GB / s
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus