GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs GeForce GT 640
Summary
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
113%
GeForce GT 640
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
| Around 13% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 640 |
| 51 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 550 Ti . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 550 Ti
The GeForce GTX 550 Ti is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | | GeForce GT 640 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) | vs | GK107 (GK107-300-A2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 238 mm² | vs | 118 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,170 million | vs | 1,270 million |
| Shaders | 192 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 900 MHz | vs | 902 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | | GeForce GT 640 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1026 MHz
4104 MHz effective | vs | 891 MHz
1782 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 550 Ti | | GeForce GT 640 | |
|---|
| TDP | 116 watts | vs | 65 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Mar 2011 | vs | 5 Jun 2012 |
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
7.20 GP/s
GeForce GT 640
7.22 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
28.80 GT/s
GeForce GT 640
28.90 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
98.50 GB/s
GeForce GT 640
28.50 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
691.20 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 640
692.70 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
2490
GeForce GT 640
2190
Points (higher is better)