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GeForce GT 340 1GB vs GeForce GT 640 DDR3

Intro

The GeForce GT 340 1GB features clock 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 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 640 DDR3, which features a GPU core clock speed of 900 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM running at 1782 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up 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 GT 340 1GB 69 Watts
Difference: 4 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 640 DDR3 should theoretically be a bit better than the GeForce GT 340 1GB in general. (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 is quite a bit (more or less 64%) more effective at texture filtering 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

The GeForce GT 640 DDR3 is quite a bit (more or less 227%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 340 1GB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (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.

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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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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