GeForce GTX 650 vs GeForce GT 740

GeForce GTX 650
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Nov 2013
GeForce GTX 650
GeForce GT 740
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 May 2014
GeForce GT 740

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 650
    100%
  • GeForce GT 740
    160%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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

Around 60% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

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 GTX 650GeForce GT 740
GPU NameGK106 ()vsGK107 (GK107-425-A2)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size221 mm²vs118 mm²
Transistors2,540 millionvs1,270 million
Shaders384vs384
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock1058 MHzvs993 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs32vs32

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 650GeForce GT 740
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective
vs1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 650GeForce GT 740
TDP65 wattsvs64 watts
Release Date27 Nov 2013vs29 May 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 650
    8.46 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 740
    7.94 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 650
    33.90 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 740
    31.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 650
    80.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 740
    80.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 650
    812.50 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 740
    762.60 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 650
    2880
  • GeForce GT 740
    4610

Points (higher is better)