GeForce GT 640M LE vs GTS 360M

Place in the ranking	934	916
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.05
Power efficiency	3.10	4.01
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GT215	GF108
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	4 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$849.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	96	Up to 384
Core clock speed	550 MHz	Up to 500 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.60	12.05
Floating-point processing power	0.2757 TFLOPS	0.289 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	413	no data
ROPs	8	4
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).

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	-
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	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	DDR3\DDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	785 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	Up to 28.8 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	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	Up to 2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	-	+
Optimus	-	+
Power management	8.0	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 API
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTS 360M 1.69

GT 640M LE 1.84
+8.9%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTS 360M 653

GT 640M LE 709
+8.6%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTS 360M 5522

GT 640M LE 5788
+4.8%

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:

900p	18 −5.6%	19 +5.6%
Full HD	23 +15%	20 −15%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

42.50

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −2.9%	35−40 +2.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −2.9%	35−40 +2.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −2.9%	35−40 +2.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

This is how GTS 360M and GT 640M LE compete in popular games:

GT 640M LE is 6% faster in 900p
GTS 360M is 15% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 640M LE is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GT 640M LE is ahead in 20 tests (39%)
there's a draw in 31 test (61%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.69	1.84
Recency	7 January 2010	4 May 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	20 Watt

GT 640M LE has a 8.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 90% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTS 360M and GeForce GT 640M LE.

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