NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs Intel HD Graphics 2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and Intel HD Graphics 2000 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 64x more pipelines: 384 vs 6
  • 74.8x better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1469 vs 213
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2153 vs 1039
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2153 vs 1039
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 May 2014 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed 993 MHz vs 850 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 6
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1469 vs 213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2153 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2153 vs 1039

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

  • 26.7x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 31.78 GTexel / s
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 349
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 850 MTexel / s vs 31.78 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 456 vs 349

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1469
213
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
349
456
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2153
1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2153
1039
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Intel HD Graphics 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark 1469 213
PassMark - G2D Mark 349 456
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 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2153 1039
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 513

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Intel HD Graphics 2000

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Generation 6.0
Code name GK107 Sandy Bridge GT1
Launch date 29 May 2014 5 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Place in performance rating 1270 718
Price now $94.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 18.87

Technical info

Core clock speed 993 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 384 6
Texture fill rate 31.78 GTexel / s 850 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 189 million
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 1