Intel HD Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 7.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 149
  • Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5315 vs 3866
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2015 vs 1 April 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 vs 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 vs 3866

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 12.1x more texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
  • 64x more pipelines: 384 vs 6
  • 48.2x better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 793 vs 464
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1589 vs 470
  • 198.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1589 vs 8
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 6
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops vs 15.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 793 vs 464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1589 vs 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1589 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
464
793
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
193
149
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5315
3866
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
470
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8
1589
Name Intel HD Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
PassMark - G3D Mark 464 793
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 3866
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 470 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8 1589
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.77
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 345

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 8.0 Kepler
Code name Broadwell GT1 GK107
Launch date 5 January 2015 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1384 1301
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz 980 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 15.6 gflops 752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 6 384
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s 15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus