GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition vs 9800 GT

Place in the ranking	1036	1089
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Power efficiency	0.69	2.25
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	G92	GK107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	21 July 2008 (16 years ago)	3 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	112	384
Core clock speed	600 MHz	745 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	32 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	33.60	23.84
Floating-point processing power	0.336 TFLOPS	0.5722 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	56	32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Height	1-slot	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	40 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDTVDual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	+	3.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	1.04
Recency	21 July 2008	3 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	32 Watt

9800 GT has a 19.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 640M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 228.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 9800 GT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9800 GT is a desktop card while GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.