GeForce GT 640 vs GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8

GeForce GT 640
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 5 Jun 2012
GeForce GT 640
GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 29 May 2013
GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
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Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 640

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8

40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GT 640 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 640GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
GPU NameGK107 (GK107-300-A2)vsGK208 (GK208-301-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size118 mm²vs87 mm²
Transistors1,270 millionvsunknown
Shaders384vs384
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock902 MHzvs902 MHz
ROPs16vs8
TMUs32vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 640GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width128 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed891 MHz
1782 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 640GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
TDP65 wattsvs25 watts
Release Date5 Jun 2012vs29 May 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 640
    7.22 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
    7.22 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 640
    28.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
    14.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 640
    28.50 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 640
    692.70 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2 PCIe x8
    692.70 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better