GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce GT 730 OEM

GeForce GT 740
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 May 2014
GeForce GT 740
GeForce GT 730 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Apr 2015
GeForce GT 730 OEM
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Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 740
    295%
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740

Around 195% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 730 OEM

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 740GeForce GT 730 OEM
GPU NameGK107 (GK107-425-A2)vsGK107 ()
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size118 mm²vs118 mm²
Transistors1,270 millionvs1,270 million
Shaders384vs384
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock993 MHzvs993 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs32vs32

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 740GeForce GT 730 OEM
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 740GeForce GT 730 OEM
TDP64 wattsvs64 watts
Release Date29 May 2014vs9 Apr 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 740
    7.94 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    7.94 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 740
    31.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    31.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 740
    80.20 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    80.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 740
    762.60 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    762.60 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 740
    4610
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    1560

Points (higher is better)