NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 vs AMD Cypress

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Combined performance score

Cypress
7.73
+120%

Cypress outperforms GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 by 120% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking486682
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.18
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameCypressGK208
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data29 May 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$89
Current price$12.31 $230 (2.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1600384
Core clock speedno data1046 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million915 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data49 Watt
Texture fill rateno data33.47
Floating-point performanceno data803.3 gflops

Size and 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

Memory

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data5008 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data40.06 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDAno data3.5

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.73 3.51
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The Cypress is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 in performance tests.


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