GeForce GT 640 vs GeForce GTX 650

GeForce GT 640
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 5 Jun 2012
GeForce GT 640
GeForce GTX 650
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Nov 2013
GeForce GTX 650

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 640
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 650
    131%

Relative performance

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 650

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 31% higher average synthetic performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 650

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 650

The GeForce GTX 650 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 640GeForce GTX 650
GPU NameGK107 (GK107-300-A2)vsGK106 ()
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size118 mm²vs221 mm²
Transistors1,270 millionvs2,540 million
Shaders384vs384
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock902 MHzvs1058 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs32vs32

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 640GeForce GTX 650
Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed891 MHz
1782 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 640GeForce GTX 650
TDP65 wattsvs65 watts
Release Date5 Jun 2012vs27 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 640
    7.22 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 650
    8.46 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 640
    28.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 650
    33.90 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 640
    28.50 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 650
    80.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 640
    692.70 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 650
    812.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 640
    2190
  • GeForce GTX 650
    2880

Points (higher is better)