NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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 740

• Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 28.8 billion / sec
• 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
• Around 10% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• Around 81% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 116 Watt
• 4.9x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1026 MHz
• Around 59% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 513 vs 322

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

• Around 81% higher core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 993 MHz
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1557 vs 1469
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 382 vs 349
• Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5750 vs 4271
• Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 18.461 vs 11.994
• Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 354.392 vs 291.627
• Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.125 vs 1.023
• Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.511 vs 15.139
• Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 41.941 vs 23.651
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2488 vs 1790
• 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3351 vs 1427
• Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 2153
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2488 vs 1790
• 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3351 vs 1427
• Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 2153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1469 1557
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	349 382
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4271 5750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11.994 18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	291.627 354.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.023 1.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.139 18.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	23.651 41.941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1427 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2153 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1427 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2153 3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	513 322

Compare specifications (specs)