NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

769
Place in performance rating
114
0.92
Value for money (0-100)
56.16
Fermi / Kepler
Architecture
Maxwell
GF108
Code name
GM204
Laptop
Type
Desktop
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
19 September 2014 (7 years ago)
$849.99
Launch price (MSRP)
$549
$310 (0.4x MSRP)
Price now
$503 (0.9x MSRP)
0.10
Value for money
25.30
N13P-LP
GPU code name
GM204
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
2048
no data
Boost Clock
1216 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
20 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
no data
Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
384.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,981 gflops
Up to 384
CUDA cores
2048
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
no data
Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
585 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
20 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
165 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
no data
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 can be seen in this section.

DDR3\DDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1800 - 4000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
no data
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
no data
G-SYNC support
+
no data
Multi monitor support
4 displays
+
HDCP
+
Up to 2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+
no data
VGA аnalog display support
+
no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
2.0
+
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
+
Optimus
+
no data
GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
no data
GameWorks
+
no data
BatteryBoost
+
no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Verde Drivers
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
no data
+
DirectCompute
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.5
N/A
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE

Cheaper ($310 (0.4x MSRP) vs $503 (0.9x MSRP))

Less power consumption (20 Watt vs 165 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

47.59% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 96)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 performance benchmarks comparison

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