GeForce 610 vs GT 640

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking769not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.20no data
Power efficiency3.23no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK107GF119
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 June 2012 (12 years ago)1 December 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$99 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 cores38448
Core clock speed902 MHz738 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate28.865.904
Floating-point processing power0.6927 TFLOPS0.1417 TFLOPS
ROPs164
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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed891 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s14.4 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.02.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 June 2012 1 December 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 12 Watt

GT 640 has an age advantage of 6 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 610, on the other hand, has 441.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 640 and GeForce 610. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 640 is a desktop card while GeForce 610 is a notebook one.


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