GeForce GT 640 vs GeForce GTX 645 OEM

GeForce GT 640
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 5 Jun 2012
GeForce GT 640
GeForce GTX 645 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Apr 2013
GeForce GTX 645 OEM

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GTX 645 OEM

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 645 OEM

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 645 OEM

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 640GeForce GTX 645 OEM
GPU NameGK107 (GK107-300-A2)vsGK106 ()
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size118 mm²vs221 mm²
Transistors1,270 millionvs2,540 million
Shaders384vs576
Compute Units2vs3
Core clock902 MHzvs824 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs32vs48

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 640GeForce GTX 645 OEM
Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed891 MHz
1782 MHz effective
vs1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 640GeForce GTX 645 OEM
TDP65 wattsvs65 watts
Release Date5 Jun 2012vs22 Apr 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 640
    7.22 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 645 OEM
    9.89 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 640
    28.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 645 OEM
    39.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 640
    28.50 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 645 OEM
    64.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 640
    692.70 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 645 OEM
    949.20 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better