FirePro S4000X vs GeForce 8800 GTS 640

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameG80Venus
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date8 November 2006 (17 years ago)7 August 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data
Current price$254 (0.6x MSRP)$638

Detailed specifications

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 cores96640
Core clock speed513 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speedno data775 MHz
Number of transistors681 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)143 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate24.6231.00
Floating-point performance228.1 gflops992.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 8800 GTS 640 and FirePro S4000X compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Form factorno dataMXM-A
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount640 MB2 GB
Memory bus width320 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1584 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth63.36 GB/s72 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs
Dual-link DVI supportno data1

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 November 2006 7 August 2014
Maximum RAM amount 640 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 143 Watt 45 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTS 640 and FirePro S4000X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 GTS 640 is a desktop card while FirePro S4000X is a mobile workstation one.


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