GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs GT 640 Rev. 2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

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

RTX 3050 6 GB outperforms GT 640 Rev. 2 by a whopping 682% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking724201
Place by popularitynot in top-10024
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.1976.18
Power efficiency4.9627.17
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK208GA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 $179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3050 6 GB has 39995% better value for money than GT 640 Rev. 2.

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 cores3842304
Core clock speed1046 MHz1042 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1470 MHz
Number of transistors915 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate33.47105.8
Floating-point processing power0.8033 TFLOPS6.774 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs3272
Tensor Coresno data72
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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 4.0 x8
Length145 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1252 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.06 GB/s168.0 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 VGA1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.58.6

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 27.75
Recency 29 May 2013 2 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 70 Watt

GT 640 Rev. 2 has 42.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6 GB, on the other hand, has a 681.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2
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