NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M 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 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
  • 12x more pipelines: 384 vs 32
  • 7.6x better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 798 vs 173
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 149 vs 135
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 2337
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 2337
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 1 October 2008
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 32
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops vs 99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 798 vs 173
PassMark - G2D Mark 149 vs 135
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 vs 2337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 vs 2337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
798
173
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
149
135
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
2337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
2337
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
PassMark - G3D Mark 798 173
PassMark - G2D Mark 149 135
Geekbench - OpenCL 3874
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 2337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 2337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 345

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK107 G96
Launch date 1 April 2013 1 October 2008
Place in performance rating 1303 1306
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 99.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 32
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 314 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
HDCP

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-II
Laptop size medium sized large

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 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
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD