NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 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 740

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 350 MHz
22.7x more texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
7.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 700 MHz
86.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1474 vs 17
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 346 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 May 2014 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	993 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1474 vs 17
PassMark - G2D Mark	346 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1474

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

346

122

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	1474	17
PassMark - G2D Mark	346	122
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
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 740	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rankine
Code name	GK107	NV31 A1
Launch date	29 May 2014	17 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	$199
Place in performance rating	1276	1274
Price now	$94.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	18.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	993 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	80 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	AGP 8x
Length	145 mm	191 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR