AMD FirePro M5950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand

What is the difference between AMD FirePro M5950 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 OEM Rebrand. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

WhistlerGPU NameGF116
Whistler XT GLModel numberGF116-150-A1
TeraScale 2ArchitectureFermi 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size40 nm
716 millionTransistors1,170 million
104 mm²Die Size238 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 4th, 2011Release DateApr 24th, 2012
FirePro Mobile
(Mx900)
FamilyGeForce 600
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
MXM-A (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size1536 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus192 bit
57.60 GB/sBandwidth38.40 GB/s

Performance

5.800 GPixel/sPixel fillrate4.320 GPixel/s
17.40 GTexel/sTexture fillrate17.28 GTexel/s
696.0 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance414.7 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

900 MHz
3.6 Gbps effective
Memory Clock800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
725 MHzGPU Clock720 MHz

Render Config

480Shading Units144
24TMUs24
8ROPs24
8 KB (per CU)L1 Cache64 KB (per SM)
256 KBL2 Cache384 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthSingle-slot
35 WThermal design power (TDP)75 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x mini-HDMI

API support

11.2 (11_0)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.4OpenGL4.6
1.2OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
5.0Shader Model5.1