GeForce 930M vs GT 740

Place in performance ranking	665	780
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.19	0.56
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	GK107	N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 May 2014 (10 years ago)	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	no data
Current price	$279 (3.1x MSRP)	$160

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce 930M has 195% better value for money than GT 740.

Detailed specifications

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	384
Core clock speed	993 MHz	928 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	941 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	31.78	22.58
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	722.7 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 740 and GeForce 930M 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.

Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	no data	2.0
Optimus	no data	+
GameWorks	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.126
CUDA	3.0	+

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
+46.9%

GeForce 930M 2.62

GT 740 outperforms 930M by 47% based on our aggregate 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
+46.8%

GeForce 930M 1014

GT 740 outperforms 930M by 47% 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
+33.5%

GeForce 930M 1461

GT 740 outperforms 930M by 34% 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 4339

GeForce 930M 5030
+15.9%

930M outperforms GT 740 by 16% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.