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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB vs GeForce GT 640 DDR3

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB comes with a GPU clock speed of 513 MHz, and the 320 MB of GDDR3 memory runs at 792 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also features 96 Stream Processors, 48 Texture Address Units, and 20 ROPs.

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 640 DDR3, which features a core clock frequency of 900 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1782 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3 65 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 143 Watts
Difference: 78 Watts (120%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB should be 11% quicker than the GeForce GT 640 DDR3 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 63360 MB/sec
GeForce GT 640 DDR3 57024 MB/sec
Difference: 6336 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 640 DDR3 will be a small bit (more or less 17%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB. (explain)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3 28800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 24624 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 4176 (17%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 640 DDR3 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3 14400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB 10260 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4140 (40%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 320MB GeForce GT 640 DDR3
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Feb 2007 June 2012
Code Name G80 GK107
Memory 320 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 513 MHz 900 MHz
Memory Speed 1584 MHz 3564 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 143 watts 65 watts
Bandwidth 63360 MB/sec 57024 MB/sec
Texel Rate 24624 Mtexels/sec 28800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10260 Mpixels/sec 14400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 384
Texture Mapping Units 48 32
Render Output Units 20 16
Bus Type GDDR3 DDR3
Bus Width 320-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 28 nm
Transistors 681 million 1300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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