NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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 Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 250 MHz
31.8x more texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
12.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 400 MHz
739x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1478 vs 2
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 343 vs 119

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 May 2014 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	993 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1478 vs 2
PassMark - G2D Mark	343 vs 119

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

6.4x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 64 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 64 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1478

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

343

119

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark	1478	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	343	119
Geekbench - OpenCL	4312
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 Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Celsius
Code name	GK107	NV18 C1
Launch date	29 May 2014	31 May 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$89
Place in performance rating	1283	1280
Price now	$94.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	18.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	993 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR