GeForce GT 740 vs GTX 780 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 780 Ti and GeForce GT 740, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 780 Ti
2013
3 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
24.74
+544%

GTX 780 Ti outperforms GT 740 by a whopping 544% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking225707
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.350.19
Power efficiency6.834.14
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGK110BGK107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 November 2013 (11 years ago)29 May 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780 Ti has 3242% better value for money than GT 740.

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 cores2880384
Core clock speed875 MHz993 MHz
Boost clock speed928 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt64 Watt
Texture fill rate222.731.78
Floating-point processing power5.345 TFLOPS0.7626 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs24032

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm145 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin
SLI options+-

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 amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s80.19 GB/s
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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA+3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GTX 780 Ti 24.74
+544%
GT 740 3.84

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GTX 780 Ti 9513
+544%
GT 740 1478

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.

GTX 780 Ti 11812
+506%
GT 740 1950

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.

GTX 780 Ti 28302
+559%
GT 740 4292

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 780 Ti 26297
+522%
GT 740 4230

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 780 Ti 20877
+538%
GT 740 3273

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 780 Ti 103
+930%
GT 740 10

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:

Full HD96
+586%
14−16
−586%

Cost per frame, $

1080p7.28
−14.5%
6.36
+14.5%
  • GT 740 has 15% lower cost per frame in 1080p

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+614%
7−8
−614%
Elden Ring 80−85
+575%
12−14
−575%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+660%
10−11
−660%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+614%
7−8
−614%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+575%
16−18
−575%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+550%
10−11
−550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+575%
8−9
−575%
Valorant 95−100
+607%
14−16
−607%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+660%
10−11
−660%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+614%
7−8
−614%
Dota 2 85−90
+608%
12−14
−608%
Elden Ring 80−85
+575%
12−14
−575%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+660%
10−11
−660%
Fortnite 120−130
+589%
18−20
−589%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+575%
16−18
−575%
Grand Theft Auto V 85−90
+608%
12−14
−608%
Metro Exodus 65−70
+550%
10−11
−550%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+550%
24−27
−550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+575%
8−9
−575%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
+567%
12−14
−567%
Valorant 95−100
+607%
14−16
−607%
World of Tanks 250−260
+634%
35−40
−634%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+660%
10−11
−660%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+614%
7−8
−614%
Dota 2 85−90
+608%
12−14
−608%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+660%
10−11
−660%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+575%
16−18
−575%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+550%
24−27
−550%
Valorant 95−100
+607%
14−16
−607%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 40−45
+583%
6−7
−583%
Elden Ring 40−45
+617%
6−7
−617%
Grand Theft Auto V 40−45
+600%
6−7
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+548%
27−30
−548%
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
World of Tanks 160−170
+583%
24−27
−583%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
+614%
7−8
−614%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+620%
10−11
−620%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+560%
10−11
−560%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+600%
8−9
−600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+620%
5−6
−620%
Valorant 65−70
+570%
10−11
−570%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Dota 2 40−45
+617%
6−7
−617%
Elden Ring 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Grand Theft Auto V 40−45
+617%
6−7
−617%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+650%
10−11
−650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+617%
6−7
−617%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+550%
4−5
−550%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Dota 2 40−45
+617%
6−7
−617%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
Fortnite 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Valorant 30−35
+700%
4−5
−700%

This is how GTX 780 Ti and GT 740 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 780 Ti is 586% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.74 3.84
Recency 7 November 2013 29 May 2014
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 64 Watt

GTX 780 Ti has a 544.3% higher aggregate performance score.

GT 740, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 290.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 780 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 740 in performance tests.


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