NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
VS
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
VS
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell)

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell). Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

684
Place in performance rating
897
Kepler
Architecture
Gen. 8 Broadwell
GK107
Code name
Broadwell GT1
Laptop
Type
Laptop
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2015 (6 years ago)
$310
Price now
$437
0.18
Value for money
0.21
N13P-GS
GPU code name
Broadwell GT1
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell) based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
12
no data
Core clock speed
100 MHz
645 MHz
Boost Clock
850 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
32 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
480.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
384
CUDA cores
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
12
645 MHz
Boost clock speed
850 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
no data
32 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell).

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
no data
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 and Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell) can be seen in this section.

DDR3\GDDR5
Memory type
no data
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
no data
128bit
Memory bus width
no data
1800 - 4000 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell), the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
no data
+
HDCP
no data
Up to 2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell) is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
no data
Quick Sync
+
+
DirectCompute
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell). Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 11_1)
4.5
OpenGL
no data
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell) 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 or Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell) good for gaming.


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

3.17% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($310 vs $437)

More pipelines (384 vs 12)

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M or Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell)?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M versus Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell) performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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