NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
VS
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
VS
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M  vs  NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290.

684
Place in performance rating
1016
no data
Value for money (0-100)
2.30
Kepler
Architecture
Tesla
GK107
Code name
G86
Laptop
Type
Workstation
22 March 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
4 October 2007 (14 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$310
Price now
$107 (0.7x MSRP)
0.18
Value for money
0.02
N13P-GS
GPU code name
G86
Laptop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M  vs  NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

384
Pipelines
16
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Core clock speed
459 MHz
645 MHz
Boost Clock
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1,270 million
Transistor count
210 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
32 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
21 Watt
no data
Texture fill rate
3.672
480.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
29.376 gflops
384
CUDA cores
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
645 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,270 million
Number of transistors
210 million
32 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
21 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Length
168 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
None
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290.

DDR3\GDDR5
Memory type
DDR2
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1800 - 4000 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
6.4 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DMS-59
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HDCP
no data
Up to 2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
+
DirectCompute
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 API
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.5
OpenGL
3.3
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

3.76% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 16)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Cheaper ($107 (0.7x MSRP) vs $310)

Less power consumption (21 Watt vs 32 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M versus NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.1 Out of 54 Hitesti Score
2.5 Out of 2 Hitesti Score