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    GeForce GTX 745 OEM vs GeForce GT 740 OEM

    GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    Memory: 4096Mb DDR3DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Feb 2014
    GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    GeForce GT 740 OEM
    Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 14 Apr 2015
    GeForce GT 740 OEM
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    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      100%
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      146%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 745 OEM

    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740 OEM

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 46% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 OEM

    HWBench recommends GeForce GT 740 OEM

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

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 745 OEMGeForce GT 740 OEM
    GPU NameGM107 (GM107-300-A2)vsGK106 ()
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size148 mm²vs221 mm²
    Transistors1,870 millionvs2,540 million
    Shaders384vs384
    Compute Units3vs2
    Core clock1033 MHzvs1006 MHz
    ROPs16vs16
    TMUs24vs32

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 745 OEMGeForce GT 740 OEM
    Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
    Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed900 MHz
    1800 MHz effective    		vs1250 MHz
    5000 MHz effective
    Memory Size4096 Mbvs1024 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 745 OEMGeForce GT 740 OEM
    TDP55 wattsvs65 watts
    Release Date18 Feb 2014vs14 Apr 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      16.50 GP/s
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      8.05 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      24.80 GT/s
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      32.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      28.80 GB/s
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      80.00 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      793.30 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      772.60 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      3140
    • GeForce GT 740 OEM
      4610

    Points (higher is better)

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