NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

GeForce GT 740 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 29 May 2014. At the time of release, the videocard cost $89. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK107.

Core clock speed - 993 MHz. Texture fill rate - 31.78 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 762.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,270 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 64 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5012 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 80.19 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38731
1490
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1306
342
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
352097
4332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
11.994 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
291.627 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.023 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
15.139 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
23.651 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1790 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1427 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2153 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1790.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1427.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2153.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36541
513
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1490
PassMark - G2D Mark 342
Geekbench - OpenCL 4332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 11.994 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 291.627 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.023 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 15.139 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 23.651 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1790 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1427 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2153 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1790.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1427.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2153.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 513

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK107
Launch date 29 May 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Place in performance rating 1276
Price now $94.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 18.87

Technical info

Core clock speed 993 MHz
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 31.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5