GeForce GT 640 vs GeForce GT 740

GeForce GT 640
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 5 Jun 2012
GeForce GT 640
GeForce GT 740
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 May 2014
GeForce GT 740

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 640
    100%
  • GeForce GT 740
    210%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 640

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 110% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 740

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 740

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


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 640GeForce GT 740
GPU NameGK107 (GK107-300-A2)vsGK107 (GK107-425-A2)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size118 mm²vs118 mm²
Transistors1,270 millionvs1,270 million
Shaders384vs384
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock902 MHzvs993 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs32vs32

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 640GeForce GT 740
Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed891 MHz
1782 MHz effective
vs1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 640GeForce GT 740
TDP65 wattsvs64 watts
Release Date5 Jun 2012vs29 May 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 640
    7.22 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 740
    7.94 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 640
    28.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 740
    31.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 640
    28.50 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 740
    80.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 640
    692.70 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 740
    762.60 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 640
    2190
  • GeForce GT 740
    4610

Points (higher is better)