GeForce GT 740M vs GeForce GT 730 OEM

GeForce GT 740M
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 20 Jun 2013
GeForce GT 740M
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 740M
    119%
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740M

Around 19% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 740M

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 740M

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


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 740MGeForce GT 730 OEM
GPU NameGK208 (GT 740M)vsGK107 ()
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size87 mm²vs118 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs1,270 million
Shaders384vs384
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock980 MHzvs993 MHz
ROPs8vs16
TMUs16vs32

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 740MGeForce GT 730 OEM
Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width64 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 740MGeForce GT 730 OEM
TDP33 wattsvs64 watts
Release Date20 Jun 2013vs9 Apr 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

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

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

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

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 740M
    14.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    80.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

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

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 740M
    1860
  • GeForce GT 730 OEM
    1560

Points (higher is better)