Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS vs GeForce GT 740

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking702not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency4.18no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)no data
GPU code nameGK107no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 May 2014 (10 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores384768
Core clock speed993 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)64 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate31.78no data
Floating-point processing power0.7626 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs32no data

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 x16no data
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5x
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz8448 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 20 Watt

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS has a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 220% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 740 and Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 740 is a desktop card while Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 2.1 TFLOPS is a notebook one.


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