NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
240
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Value for money (0-100)
6.60
Kepler
Architecture
Kepler
GK107
Code name
GK104
Desktop
Type
Desktop
3 February 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$499
$50
Price now
$210 (0.4x MSRP)
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Value for money
12.98
GK107
GPU code name
GK104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
1536
745 MHz
Core clock speed
1006 MHz
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Boost Clock
1058 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
32 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
195 Watt
23.84
Texture fill rate
128.8 billion/sec
572.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,090.4 gflops
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CUDA cores
1536
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
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Boost clock speed
1058 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
32 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
195 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
10.0" (25.4 cm)
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Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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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 Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2048 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256-bit GDDR5
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
40 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
+
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CUDA
+
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FXAA
+
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TXAA
+
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Adaptive VSync
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 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 Mac Edition or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
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 Mac Edition

Cheaper ($50 vs $210 (0.4x MSRP))

Less power consumption (32 Watt vs 195 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

26.93% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (2048 MB vs 512 MB)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 40 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 performance benchmarks comparison

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