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    GeForce GTX 660 OEM vs GeForce GT 740 OEM

    GeForce GTX 660 OEM
    Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 22 Aug 2012
    GeForce GTX 660 OEM
    GeForce GT 740 OEM
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 14 Apr 2015
    GeForce GT 740 OEM
    You are comparing OEM or variant versions of at least one VGA. Did you mean GeForce GTX 660 vs GeForce GT 740 instead?

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 660 OEM
      147%
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 660 OEM

    Around 47% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 740 OEM

    65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 660 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GTX 660 OEM

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 660 OEM

    The GeForce GTX 660 OEM is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 660 OEMGeForce GT 740 OEM
    GPU NameGK104 (GK104-200-KD-A2)vsGK106 ()
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size294 mm²vs221 mm²
    Transistors3,540 millionvs2,540 million
    Shaders1152vs384
    Compute Units6vs2
    Core clock823 MHzvs1006 MHz
    ROPs24vs16
    TMUs96vs32

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 660 OEMGeForce GT 740 OEM
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed1400 MHz
    5600 MHz effective    		vs1250 MHz
    5000 MHz effective
    Memory Size1536 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 660 OEMGeForce GT 740 OEM
    TDP130 wattsvs65 watts
    Release Date22 Aug 2012vs14 Apr 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 660 OEM
      19.80 GP/s
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      8.05 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 660 OEM
      79.00 GT/s
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      32.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 660 OEM
      134.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      80.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 660 OEM
      1896.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      772.60 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 660 OEM
      6800
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      4610

    Points (higher is better)

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