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.

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

304

300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

668

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 720A	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
PassMark - G2D Mark	304	300
PassMark - G3D Mark	614	668

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 720A	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	GF117	GK208
Launch date	1 July 2014	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	502	503
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
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