Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce GT 640M LE

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking916not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.06no data
Power efficiency4.01no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGF108AD107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date4 May 2012 (12 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$849.99 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 coresUp to 3842560
Core clock speedUp to 500 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2025 MHz
Number of transistors585 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate12.05162.0
Floating-point processing power0.289 TFLOPS10.37 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs1680
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8

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 typeDDR3\DDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed785 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 28.8 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 May 2012 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt

GT 640M LE has 75% lower power consumption.

Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 640M LE and RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 640M LE is a notebook graphics card while RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
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