NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 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 - 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 64 Watt

Launch date	2 April 2016 vs 29 May 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 64 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Around 42% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 701 MHz
7.2x more texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
6.6x better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 115.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	993 MHz vs 701 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 48
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 115.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
PassMark - G3D Mark		1469
PassMark - G2D Mark		349
Geekbench - OpenCL		4271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		11.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		291.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		23.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2153
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2153
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		513

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Kepler
Code name	GF108	GK107
Launch date	2 April 2016	29 May 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	1270
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$89
Price now		$94.99
Value for money (0-100)		18.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	701 MHz	993 MHz
Floating-point performance	115.2 gflops	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	48	384
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	31.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	64 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5