GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs GT 640M Mac Edition

Place in the ranking	1098	212
Place by popularity	not in top-100	66
Power efficiency	2.26	24.23
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GK107	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 February 2013 (11 years ago)	11 May 2021 (3 years ago)

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	2560
Core clock speed	745 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1035 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	32 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	23.84	82.80
Floating-point processing power	0.5722 TFLOPS	5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	48
TMUs	32	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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 size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	40 GB/s	192.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	3.0	8.6

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	2−3 −3600%	74 +3600%
1440p	1−2 −4100%	42 +4100%
4K	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	62 +0%	62 +0%
Elden Ring	80 +0%	80 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50 +0%	50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	128 +0%	128 +0%
Metro Exodus	84 +0%	84 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	98 +0%	98 +0%
Valorant	121 +0%	121 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	40 +0%	40 +0%
Dota 2	102 +0%	102 +0%
Elden Ring	104 +0%	104 +0%
Far Cry 5	75 +0%	75 +0%
Fortnite	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	105 +0%	105 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	94 +0%	94 +0%
Metro Exodus	62 +0%	62 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	39 +0%	39 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Valorant	79 +0%	79 +0%
World of Tanks	260−270 +0%	260−270 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35 +0%	35 +0%
Dota 2	113 +0%	113 +0%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	90 +0%	90 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Valorant	112 +0%	112 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	41 +0%	41 +0%
Elden Ring	36 +0%	36 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	41 +0%	41 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
World of Tanks	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21 +0%	21 +0%
Far Cry 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	61 +0%	61 +0%
Metro Exodus	60 +0%	60 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	81 +0%	81 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Dota 2	44 +0%	44 +0%
Elden Ring	19 +0%	19 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	44 +0%	44 +0%
Metro Exodus	21 +0%	21 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44 +0%	44 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10 +0%	10 +0%
Dota 2	54 +0%	54 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Fortnite	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	34 +0%	34 +0%
Valorant	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

This is how GT 640M Mac Edition and RTX 3050 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 3600% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 4100% faster in 1440p
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 2700% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.05	26.34
Recency	3 February 2013	11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	32 Watt	75 Watt

GT 640M Mac Edition has 134.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has a 2408.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition in performance tests.

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