NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 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) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 602 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • Around 63% better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 149 vs 64
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 602 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 149 vs 64

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 986 vs 798
  • 3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15302 vs 3881
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3339
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3339
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 38.5 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 986 vs 798
Geekbench - OpenCL 15302 vs 3881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
798
986
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
149
64
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3881
15302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3358
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
PassMark - G3D Mark 798 986
PassMark - G2D Mark 149 64
Geekbench - OpenCL 3881 15302
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 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 345

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla 2.0
Code name GK107 GT200B
Launch date 1 April 2013 11 November 2008
Place in performance rating 1309 1312
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,799
Price now $149.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.67

Technical info

Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Core clock speed 810 MHz 602 MHz
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 15.68 GTexel / s 38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 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 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz 1600 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