NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA GeForce 940M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

684
Place in performance rating
620
Kepler
Architecture
Maxwell
GK107
Code name
GM108
Laptop
Type
Laptop
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
$310
Price now
$879
0.18
Value for money
0.38
N13P-GS
GPU code name
N16S-GT-S/B
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA GeForce 940M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
1072 MHz
645 MHz
Boost Clock
1176 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
32 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
no data
Texture fill rate
28.22
480.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
903.2 gflops
384
CUDA cores
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
645 MHz
Boost clock speed
1176 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
32 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA GeForce 940M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
medium sized
Laptop size
medium sized
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

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 NVIDIA GeForce 940M can be seen in this section.

DDR3\GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1800 - 4000 MHz
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA GeForce 940M, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA GeForce 940M is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
no data
GPU Boost
2.0
+
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
+
Optimus
+
no data
GameWorks
+
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
+
DirectCompute
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA GeForce 940M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA GeForce 940M 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 NVIDIA GeForce 940M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
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

Cheaper ($310 vs $879)

Less power consumption (32 Watt vs 75 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 940M

0.84% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M or NVIDIA GeForce 940M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 940M .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M versus NVIDIA GeForce 940M performance benchmarks comparison

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