GeForce GT 740 OEM vs GT 755M SLI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 553 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.16 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | N14P-? | GK106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 November 2013 (12 years ago) | 14 April 2015 (10 years ago) |
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 cores | 768 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 980 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2x 1300 Million | 2,540 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2x ~50 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 33.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.8064 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2x 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5400 MHz | 1253 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 80.19 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | + | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2013 | 14 April 2015 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 65 Watt |
GT 755M SLI has 3150% lower power consumption.
GT 740 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 755M SLI and GeForce GT 740 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 755M SLI is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GT 740 OEM is a desktop one.
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