GeForce GT 740M vs GeForce GT 820M
Summary
GeForce GT 740M
155%
GeForce GT 820M
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740M |
| Around 55% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 820M |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 740M
The GeForce GT 740M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 740M | | GeForce GT 820M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK208 (GT 740M) | vs | GF117 (N15V-GM) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 87 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 384 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 775 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 740M | | GeForce GT 820M | |
|---|
| 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 | 2048 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 740M | | GeForce GT 820M | |
|---|
| TDP | 33 watts | vs | 15 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Jun 2013 | vs | 27 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GT 740M
7.84 GP/s
GeForce GT 820M
3.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 740M
15.68 GT/s
GeForce GT 820M
12.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 740M
14.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 820M
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 740M
752.60 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 820M
297.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GT 740M
1860
GeForce GT 820M
1200
Points (higher is better)