NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M vs NVIDIA Quadro 2000M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA Quadro 2000M 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 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 55 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 931 vs 766
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 275.972 vs 272.707
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 15.445 vs 14.423
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1476 vs 1261
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1963 vs 1926
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1476 vs 1261
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1963 vs 1926
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 March 2012 vs 13 January 2011
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt vs 55 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 931 vs 766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 275.972 vs 272.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.445 vs 14.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1476 vs 1261
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1963 vs 1926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2580 vs 2569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1476 vs 1261
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1963 vs 1926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2580 vs 2569

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 2000M

  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 231 vs 204
  • Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3424 vs 3185
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.306 vs 7.861
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.855 vs 0.727
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 27.158 vs 17.381
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 231 vs 204
Geekbench - OpenCL 3424 vs 3185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.306 vs 7.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.855 vs 0.727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.158 vs 17.381

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 2000M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
931
766
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
204
231
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3185
3424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.861
8.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
275.972
272.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.727
0.855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.445
14.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.381
27.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1476
1261
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1963
1926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2580
2569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1476
1261
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1963
1926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2580
2569
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M NVIDIA Quadro 2000M
PassMark - G3D Mark 931 766
PassMark - G2D Mark 204 231
Geekbench - OpenCL 3185 3424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.861 8.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 275.972 272.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.727 0.855
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.445 14.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.381 27.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1476 1261
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1963 1926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2580 2569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1476 1261
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1963 1926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2580 2569

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M NVIDIA Quadro 2000M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK107 GF106
Launch date 22 March 2012 13 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1351 1354
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $46.56
Price now $46.56
Value for money (0-100) 25.92

Technical info

Boost clock speed 645 MHz
CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt 55 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,170 million
Core clock speed 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bus width 128bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3\GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s

Technologies

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