NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.4x more texture fill rate: 37.44 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 59% better floating-point performance: 1,198 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1050 vs 668
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 551 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 26 August 2013
Texture fill rate	37.44 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,198 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1050 vs 668
PassMark - G2D Mark	551 vs 300

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 902 MHz
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 45 Watt

Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 902 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1050

668

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

551

300

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1050	668
PassMark - G2D Mark	551	300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3857
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler 2.0
Code name	GM107	GK208
Launch date	17 March 2014	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	506	507
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	936 MHz
Core clock speed	902 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,198 gflops	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	640	384
Texture fill rate	37.44 GTexel / s	15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3