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    GeForce GT 740M vs GeForce 930MX

    GeForce GT 740M
    Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 20 Jun 2013
    GeForce GT 740M
    GeForce 930MX
    Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 1 Mar 2016
    GeForce 930MX

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GT 740M
      100%
    • GeForce 930MX
      110%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740M

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 930MX

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 10% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce 930MX

    HWBench recommends GeForce 930MX

    The GeForce 930MX is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GT 740MGeForce 930MX
    GPU NameGK208 (GT 740M)vsGM108 (N16S-GMR)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size87 mm²vs0 mm²
    Transistorsunknownvsunknown
    Shaders384vs384
    Compute Units2vs3
    Core clock980 MHzvs952 MHz
    ROPs8vs16
    TMUs16vs24

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GT 740MGeForce 930MX
    Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
    Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
    Memory Speed900 MHz
    1800 MHz effective    		vs900 MHz
    1800 MHz effective
    Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GT 740MGeForce 930MX
    TDP33 wattsvs17 watts
    Release Date20 Jun 2013vs1 Mar 2016

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GT 740M
      7.84 GP/s
    • GeForce 930MX
      15.23 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GT 740M
      15.68 GT/s
    • GeForce 930MX
      22.85 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GT 740M
      14.40 GB/s
    • GeForce 930MX
      14.40 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GT 740M
      752.60 GFLOPs
    • GeForce 930MX
      731.10 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GT 740M
      1860
    • GeForce 930MX
      2050

    Points (higher is better)

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