GeForce GT 640 OEM vs FirePro W5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W5000 with GeForce GT 640 OEM, including specs and performance data.

FirePro W5000
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
7.72
+354%

W5000 outperforms GT 640 OEM by a whopping 354% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking521930
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.38no data
Power efficiency7.152.36
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code namePitcairnGK107
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)24 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768384
Core clock speed825 MHz797 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate39.6025.50
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPS0.6121 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4832

Form factor & 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length183 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz891 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s28.51 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.72 1.70
Recency 7 August 2012 24 April 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

FirePro W5000 has a 354.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 months.

GT 640 OEM, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 640 OEM is a desktop one.


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