GeForce GTS 240 OEM vs GT 640 Rev. 2

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GT 640 Rev. 2 GT 640 Rev. 2
GTS 240 OEM GTS 240 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking717not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency5.23no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGK208G92B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)1 July 2009 (15 years ago)
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 cores384112
Core clock speed1046 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors915 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate33.4737.80
Floating-point processing power0.8033 TFLOPS0.3629 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs3256

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 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mm229 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1252 MHz1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.06 GB/s70.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.51.1

Pros & cons summary

Recency 29 May 2013 1 July 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 120 Watt

GT 640 Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 144.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and GeForce GTS 240 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

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Community ratings

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