NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.4x more texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
4.8x better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 2 April 2012
Texture fill rate	15.68 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 48
Floating-point performance	752.6 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI

Around 55% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	793
PassMark - G2D Mark	149
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GK107	GF119
Launch date	1 April 2013	2 April 2012
Place in performance rating	1301	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Core clock speed	810 MHz	810 MHz
Floating-point performance	752.6 gflops	155.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	48
Texture fill rate	15.68 GTexel / s	6.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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	PCI
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 API	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz	1334 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