GeForce GT 635M vs GeForce GT 740A

GeForce GT 635M
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 22 Mar 2012
GeForce GT 635M
GeForce GT 740A
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 26 Aug 2013
GeForce GT 740A

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 635M
    100%
  • GeForce GT 740A
    175%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 635M

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740A

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 75% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 740A

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 740A

The GeForce GT 740A is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 635MGeForce GT 740A
GPU NameGF116 (N12E-GE2-A1)vsGK208 (GT 740M)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size238 mm²vs87 mm²
Transistors1,170 millionvsunknown
Shaders144vs384
Compute Units3vs2
Core clock650 MHzvs980 MHz
ROPs16vs8
TMUs24vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 635MGeForce GT 740A
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width128 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 635MGeForce GT 740A
TDP35 wattsvs33 watts
Release Date22 Mar 2012vs26 Aug 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 635M
    3.90 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 740A
    7.84 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 635M
    15.60 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 740A
    15.68 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 635M
    28.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 740A
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 635M
    388.80 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 740A
    752.60 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 635M
    1060
  • GeForce GT 740A
    1860

Points (higher is better)

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