UHD Graphics vs GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

Place in the ranking	720	601
Place by popularity	not in top-100	7
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.19	no data
Power efficiency	5.01	38.57
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	Generation 11.0 (2019−2021)
GPU code name	GK208	Jasper Lake GT1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 May 2013 (11 years ago)	11 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	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 cores	384	256
Core clock speed	1046 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	750 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	33.47	12.00
Floating-point processing power	0.8033 TFLOPS	0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	32	16

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	Ring Bus
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1252 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	40.06 GB/s	no data

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	3.5	-

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	3.55	5.58
Recency	29 May 2013	11 January 2021
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	10 Watt

UHD Graphics has a 57.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 180% more advanced lithography process, and 390% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while UHD Graphics is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.