GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition vs Quadro FX 4600

Place in the ranking	1085	1100
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.61	2.39
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	G80	GK107
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	5 March 2007 (17 years ago)	3 February 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	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	96	384
Core clock speed	500 MHz	745 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	32 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.00	23.84
Floating-point processing power	0.2304 TFLOPS	0.5722 TFLOPS
ROPs	24	8
TMUs	24	32

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 1.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB/s	40 GB/s

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	+	3.0

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	1.11	1.04
Recency	5 March 2007	3 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	32 Watt

FX 4600 has a 6.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 640M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 318.8% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Quadro FX 4600 and GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition.

Be aware that Quadro FX 4600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition is a desktop one.

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