GeForce GT 710M vs GeForce GT 740M
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 710M |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740M |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 740M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 710M | | GeForce GT 740M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF117 (N14M-GL) | vs | GK208 (GT 740M) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 87 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | vs | unknown |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 775 MHz | vs | 980 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 710M | | GeForce GT 740M | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 710M | | GeForce GT 740M | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 33 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Jan 2013 | vs | 20 Jun 2013 |
GeForce GT 710M
3.10 GP/s
GeForce GT 740M
7.84 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 710M
12.40 GT/s
GeForce GT 740M
15.68 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 710M
14.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 740M
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 710M
297.60 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 740M
752.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better