Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

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Combined performance score

GT 740M
2.04
+74.4%

GeForce GT 740M outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 74% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking8331026
Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Value for money0.160.13
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012)
GPU code nameN14P-GV2, ...Ivy Bridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years old)23 March 2011 (13 years old)
Current price$310 $91
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 740M has 23% better value for money than HD Graphics 4000.

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 cores38416
Core clock speed810 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistors915 million1,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate31.3620.80
Floating-point performance752.6 gflops33.6 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 740M and HD Graphics 4000 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Standard memory configurationDDR3/GDDR5no data
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 - 1800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+no data
HDCP content protection+no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+no data

Technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+no data
Optimus+no data
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+no data
Quick Syncno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 API11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.0
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.80
CUDA+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 740M 2.04
+74.4%
HD Graphics 4000 1.17

GeForce GT 740M outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 74% in our combined 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 740M 791
+74.2%
HD Graphics 4000 454

GeForce GT 740M outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 74% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 740M 6591
+123%
HD Graphics 4000 2959

GeForce GT 740M outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 123% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 740M 1848
+253%
HD Graphics 4000 523

GeForce GT 740M outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 253% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 740M 1151
+140%
HD Graphics 4000 480

GeForce GT 740M outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 140% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 740M 7403
+96.4%
HD Graphics 4000 3769

GeForce GT 740M outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 96% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GT 740M 14
+95.9%
HD Graphics 4000 7

GeForce GT 740M outperforms HD Graphics 4000 by 96% in Unigine Heaven 3.0.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p18−21
+50%
12
−50%
Full HD16
+45.5%
11
−45.5%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5 0−1
Hitman 3 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5 0−1
Hitman 3 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7
+75%
4−5
−75%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how GT 740M and HD Graphics 4000 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GT 740M is 50% faster than HD Graphics 4000

1080p resolution:

  • GT 740M is 45.5% faster than HD Graphics 4000

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 740M is 200% faster than the HD Graphics 4000.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 740M is ahead in 21 test (72%)
  • there's a draw in 8 tests (28%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.04 1.17
Recency 1 March 2013 23 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm

The GeForce GT 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 4000 in performance tests.


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