NVS 5100M vs GeForce GT 640M LE

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking914not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency3.97no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGF108GT216
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date4 May 2012 (12 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$849.99 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 coresUp to 38448
Core clock speedUp to 500 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors585 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate12.058.800
Floating-point processing power0.289 TFLOPS0.1162 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs1616

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)

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 typeDDR3\DDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed785 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 28.8 GB/s25.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 640M LE 709
+277%
NVS 5100M 188

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 May 2012 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt

GT 640M LE has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 75% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 640M LE and NVS 5100M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 640M LE is a notebook graphics card while NVS 5100M is a mobile workstation one.


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