GT 640 Rev. 2 vs GT 710M

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Combined performance score

GT 710M
1.15

GT 640 Rev. 2 outperforms GT 710M by 205% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking1029682
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.490.18
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameGF117GK208
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 January 2013 (11 years old)29 May 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$89
Current price$23 $230 (2.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 710M has 172% better value for money than GT 640 Rev. 2.

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 cores96384
Core clock speed775 MHz1046 MHz
Number of transistors585 million915 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt49 Watt
Texture fill rate12.4033.47
Floating-point performance297.6 gflops803.3 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz5008 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s40.06 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA2.13.5

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 1.15 3.51
Recency 9 January 2013 29 May 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 49 Watt

The GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 710M in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
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