NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M vs NVIDIA GeForce 615

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and NVIDIA GeForce 615 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 740M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 660 MHz
  • 3x more texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 5.28 GTexel / s
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • 5.9x better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 126.7 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 49 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 796 vs 514
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3882 vs 1322
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 9.392 vs 3.257
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1589 vs 668
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3235 vs 1286
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 1708
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1589 vs 668
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3235 vs 1286
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 1708
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 15 May 2012
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s vs 5.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops vs 126.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 49 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 796 vs 514
Geekbench - OpenCL 3882 vs 1322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.392 vs 3.257
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1589 vs 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3235 vs 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 vs 1708
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1589 vs 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235 vs 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 vs 1708

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 615

  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 301 vs 148
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 301 vs 148

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 615

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
796
514
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
148
301
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3882
1322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9.392
3.257
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1589
668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3235
1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
1708
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1589
668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3235
1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
1708
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA GeForce 615
PassMark - G3D Mark 796 514
PassMark - G2D Mark 148 301
Geekbench - OpenCL 3882 1322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.392 3.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.77
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1589 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3235 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 1708
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1589 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235 1286
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 1708
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 345

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA GeForce 615

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK107 GF108
Launch date 1 April 2013 15 May 2012
Place in performance rating 1312 1313
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz 660 MHz
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 126.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 48
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s 5.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 49 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 API 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus