GeForce GTX 750 v2 vs GT 740

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking697not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency4.29no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK107GM206
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2014 (10 years ago)17 November 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384512
Core clock speed993 MHz1038 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1188 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)64 Wattno data
Texture fill rate31.7838.02
Floating-point processing power0.7626 TFLOPS1.217 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3232

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s80.19 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12.0 (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 May 2014 17 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB

GT 740 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 750 v2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 740 and GeForce GTX 750 v2. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
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