Cedar vs GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

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805A 810A GT 630 Rev. 2 GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8 GT 635 OEM GT 640 OEM GT 640 OEM Rebrand GT 640 Rev. 2 GT 710 GT 730A GT 740A GK208
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Cedar HD 7350 OEM HD 7350 OEM PCI HD 7350 PCI HD 8350 OEM R5 220 OEM HD 5450 HD 5450 PCI HD 5450 PCIe x1 HD 5470 HD 5490 HD 5530

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and Cedar, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 640 Rev. 2
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 49 Watt
3.55
+349%

GT 640 Rev. 2 outperforms Cedar by a whopping 349% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GT 640 Rev. 2 GT 640 Rev. 2
Cedar Cedar

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking7231153
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK208Cedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$89 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores38480
Core clock speed1046 MHzno data
Number of transistors915 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Wattno data
Texture fill rate33.47no data
Floating-point processing power0.8033 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs328

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8no data
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1252 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth40.06 GB/sno data

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGAno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.5-

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 3.55 0.79
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

GT 640 Rev. 2 has a 349.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Cedar in performance tests.

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

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Community ratings

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