GeForce GT 640M and GeForce GT 520 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 640M vs GeForce GT 520
GeForce GT 640M
946
GeForce GT 520
318
GeForce GT 640M
GeForce GT 520
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N13P-GS
GF119
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2012
April 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
645 MHz
-
Core clock speed
Up to 625 MHz
810 MHz
CUDA cores
384
48
Floating-point performance
480.0 gflops
155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
292 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
48
Power consumption (TDP)
32 Watt
29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
102 °C
Texture fill rate
Up to 20.0 billion/sec
6.5 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3\GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bus width
128bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1800 - 4000 MHz
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth
Up to 64.0 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
Up to 2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 API
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.2
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
Optimus
+
-