NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

11x more texture fill rate: 173.2 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 384
5.5x better floating-point performance: 4,156 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Texture fill rate	173.2 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 384
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 863 MHz
7.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 250 Watt

Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 863 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1441.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	148.747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9209
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9209
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3582
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331
PassMark - G2D Mark		300
PassMark - G3D Mark		668

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kepler 2.0
Code name	GK110B	GK208
Launch date	10 September 2013	26 August 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	538	536
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	902 MHz
Core clock speed	863 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	384
Texture fill rate	173.2 GTexel / s	15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3