NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 88% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 430 MHz
  • Around 52% higher texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
  • Around 91% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 86 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 793 vs 291
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 1244
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 1244
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 22 June 2005
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 430 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s vs 10.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 86 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 793 vs 291
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 vs 1244

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 196 vs 149
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 196 vs 149

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
793
291
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
149
196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
1244
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 793 291
PassMark - G2D Mark 149 196
Geekbench - OpenCL 3866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.392
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 1244
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 345

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Curie
Code name GK107 G70
Launch date 1 April 2013 22 June 2005
Place in performance rating 1301 1261
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz 430 MHz
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s 10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 86 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 302 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 228 mm

API support

DirectX 12 API 9.0c
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
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