GeForce GT 740 vs Radeon Pro WX 4100

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro WX 4100 with GeForce GT 740, including specs and performance data.

Pro WX 4100
2016
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
9.42
+145%

Pro WX 4100 outperforms GT 740 by a whopping 145% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking471705
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.310.19
Power efficiency12.914.11
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBaffinGK107
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date10 November 2016 (8 years ago)29 May 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $89

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Pro WX 4100 has 1642% 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 cores1024384
Core clock speed1125 MHz993 MHz
Boost clock speed1201 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,000 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt64 Watt
Texture fill rate76.8631.78
Floating-point processing power2.46 TFLOPS0.7626 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs6432

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 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
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.

Pro WX 4100 9.42
+145%
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.

Pro WX 4100 3629
+146%
GT 740 1478

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.

Pro WX 4100 19113
+343%
GT 740 4312

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.

Pro WX 4100 18563
+343%
GT 740 4192

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.42 3.84
Recency 10 November 2016 29 May 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 64 Watt

Pro WX 4100 has a 145.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 28% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro WX 4100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 740 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 4100 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 740 is a desktop one.


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