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GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 640 DDR3

Intro

The GeForce GT 1030 comes with a GPU core speed of 1265 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory is set to run at 1502 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 640 DDR3, which comes with core speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1782 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM. 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 1030 30 Watts
GeForce GT 640 DDR3 65 Watts
Difference: 35 Watts (117%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 640 DDR3 is 16% faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3 57024 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030 49152 MB/sec
Difference: 7872 (16%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be a lot (about 41%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 640 DDR3. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030 40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 640 DDR3 28800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 11680 (41%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be quite a bit (approximately 41%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 640 DDR3, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030 20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 640 DDR3 14400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 5840 (41%)

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 1030 GeForce GT 640 DDR3
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2017 June 2012
Code Name GP108-300 GK107
Memory 2048 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 1265 MHz 900 MHz
Memory Speed 6008 MHz 3564 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 30 watts 65 watts
Bandwidth 49152 MB/sec 57024 MB/sec
Texel Rate 40480 Mtexels/sec 28800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 20240 Mpixels/sec 14400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 384 384
Texture Mapping Units 32 32
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR5 DDR3
Bus Width 64-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 16 nm 28 nm
Transistors 3300 million 1300 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.2

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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

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