NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 993 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 64 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
• Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 1469
• Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 349
• 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9864 vs 4271
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 36.898 vs 11.994
• Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.373 vs 1.023
• Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.937 vs 15.139
• 6.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 160.823 vs 23.651
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3629 vs 1790
• 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 1427
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 2153
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3629 vs 1790
• 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 1427
• Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 2153

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

• Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 291.627 vs 170.785
• 14.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 513 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	2433 1469
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	442 349
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	9864 4271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.898 11.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	170.785 291.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.373 1.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.937 15.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	160.823 23.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 2153
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3629 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3684 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3331 2153
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	35 513

Compare specifications (specs)