Data Center GPU Flex 140 vs Radeon HD 6630M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 993 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.85 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Whistler | DG2-128 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 4 January 2011 (15 years ago) | 24 August 2022 (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 | 480 | 1024 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 12.00 | 124.8 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.48 TFLOPS | 3.994 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 24 | 64 ×2 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 8 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 48 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 4 MB |
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 | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | no data | 170 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-pin |
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 | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 6 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 96 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1937 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 186.0 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0 |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 January 2011 | 24 August 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 75 Watt |
HD 6630M has 188.5% lower power consumption.
Data Center GPU Flex 140, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6630M and Data Center GPU Flex 140. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6630M is a notebook graphics card while Data Center GPU Flex 140 is a workstation one.
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