NVIDIA GeForce 720A vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 720A and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
- Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 304 vs 300
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 July 2014 vs 26 August 2013 |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 304 vs 300 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
- Around 4% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 938 MHz
- Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
- 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
- 2.1x better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
- Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 668 vs 614
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 980 MHz vs 938 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 15.68 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 384 vs 96 |
Floating-point performance | 752.6 gflops vs 360.2 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 668 vs 614 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 720A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 720A | NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 304 | 300 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 614 | 668 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 720A | NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Kepler 2.0 |
Code name | GF117 | GK208 |
Launch date | 1 July 2014 | 26 August 2013 |
Place in performance rating | 506 | 507 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 938 MHz | 980 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 360.2 gflops | 752.6 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 96 | 384 |
Texture fill rate | 15.01 GTexel / s | 15.68 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | 33 Watt |
Transistor count | 585 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 16 GB / s | 14.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | DDR3 |