NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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) 10 month(s) later
• Around 47% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 675 MHz
• Around 14% higher pipelines: 384 vs 336
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 160 Watt
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 768 MB
• Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

• Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 31.78 GTexel / s
• Around 19% better floating-point performance: 907.2 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
• Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2272 vs 1469
• Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 349
• Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7860 vs 4271
• Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.445 vs 11.994
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 617.847 vs 291.627
• Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.823 vs 1.023
• Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.222 vs 15.139
• Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 40.61 vs 23.651
• Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3351 vs 1790
• 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1427
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2153
• Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3351 vs 1790
• 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1427
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1469 2272
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	349 388
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4271 7860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11.994 21.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	291.627 617.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.023 1.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.139 27.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	23.651 40.61
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1427 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2153 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1427 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2153 3356

Compare specifications (specs)