GeForce GT 640 vs Radeon Pro WX 5100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro WX 5100 with GeForce GT 640, including specs and performance data.

Pro WX 5100
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
14.41
+371%

Pro WX 5100 outperforms GT 640 by a whopping 371% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking366769
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.210.20
Power efficiency13.173.23
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameEllesmereGK107
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 November 2016 (8 years ago)5 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro WX 5100 has 3005% better value for money than GT 640.

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 cores1792384
Core clock speed713 MHz902 MHz
Boost clock speed1086 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate121.628.86
Floating-point processing power3.892 TFLOPS0.6927 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs11232

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Width1-slot1-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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz891 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 GB/s28.51 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro WX 5100 14.41
+371%
GT 640 3.06

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.

Pro WX 5100 5551
+371%
GT 640 1178

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Pro WX 5100 25596
+587%
GT 640 3727

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 14.41 3.06
Recency 18 November 2016 5 June 2012
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 65 Watt

Pro WX 5100 has a 370.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

GT 640, on the other hand, has 15.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro WX 5100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 5100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 640 is a desktop one.


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