NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE 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 9 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 26.5x more texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 12.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 28.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1474 vs 51
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 346 vs 234
  • 10.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2153 vs 207
  • 10.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2153 vs 207
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 May 2014 vs 1 January 2005
Core clock speed 993 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 31.78 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1474 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark 346 vs 234
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2153 vs 207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2153 vs 207

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1474
51
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
346
234
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2153
207
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2153
207
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark 1474 51
PassMark - G2D Mark 346 234
Geekbench - OpenCL 4278
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 207
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2153 207
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 513

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Curie
Code name GK107 NV43 A2
Launch date 29 May 2014 1 January 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Place in performance rating 1276 1273
Price now $94.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 18.87

Technical info

Core clock speed 993 MHz 300 MHz
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 31.78 GTexel / s 1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 146 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR