FirePro M5100 vs GeForce GT 740

Place in performance ranking	662	574
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.18	2.88
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	GK107	Venus
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	29 May 2014 (9 years ago)	1 October 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	no data
Current price	$279 (3.1x MSRP)	$105

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro M5100 has 1500% better value for money than GT 740.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	640
Core clock speed	993 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	775 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	31.78	31.00
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	992.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 740 and FirePro M5100 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB/s	72 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	3.0	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 740 3.85

FirePro M5100 5.43
+41%

FirePro M5100 outperforms GeForce GT 740 by 41% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 740 1489

FirePro M5100 2102
+41.2%

FirePro M5100 outperforms GeForce GT 740 by 41% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 740 1950

FirePro M5100 2328
+19.4%

FirePro M5100 outperforms GeForce GT 740 by 19% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GT 740 4332

FirePro M5100 6311
+45.7%

FirePro M5100 outperforms GeForce GT 740 by 46% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.