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GeForce GT 340 1GB vs GeForce GT 640 DDR3

Intro

The GeForce GT 340 1GB features core speeds of 550 MHz on the GPU, and 850 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 96 SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 640 DDR3, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 900 MHz. The DDR3 RAM runs at a speed of 1782 MHz on this card. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3 65 Watts
GeForce GT 340 1GB 69 Watts
Difference: 4 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 640 DDR3 should theoretically perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GT 340 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3 57024 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB 54400 MB/sec
Difference: 2624 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 640 DDR3 will be quite a bit (more or less 64%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3 28800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB 17600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 11200 (64%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 640 DDR3 is superior to the GeForce GT 340 1GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3 14400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 10000 (227%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 340 1GB GeForce GT 640 DDR3
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year February 2010 June 2012
Code Name GT215 GK107
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 900 MHz
Memory Speed 3400 MHz 3564 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 69 watts 65 watts
Bandwidth 54400 MB/sec 57024 MB/sec
Texel Rate 17600 Mtexels/sec 28800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 14400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 384
Texture Mapping Units 32 32
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type GDDR5 DDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 727 million 1300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.3 OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GT 340 1GB

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