FirePro W5000 DVI vs GeForce GT 640M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking836not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.22no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK107Pitcairn
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)25 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores384768
Core clock speedUp to 625 MHz825 MHz
Boost clock speed645 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,270 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate20.0039.60
Floating-point processing power0.48 TFLOPS1.267 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3248

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 3.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data191 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / half length
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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\GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 64.0 GB/s102.4 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 outputs2x DVI
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data
Dual-link DVI support-+

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 API12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 25 February 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 75 Watt

GT 640M has 134.4% lower power consumption.

W5000 DVI, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 640M and FirePro W5000 DVI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 640M is a notebook card while FirePro W5000 DVI is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
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