GeForce 940M and GeForce GT 740A - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 940M vs GeForce GT 740A
GeForce 940M
1156
GeForce GT 740A
687
GeForce 940M
GeForce GT 740A
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
N16S-GT-S/B
GK208
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2015
August 2013
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x8
Boost clock speed
1176 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1072 MHz
980 MHz
Floating-point performance
903.2 gflops
752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
384
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
33 Watt
Texture fill rate
28.22
31.36
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
3.5
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
GameWorks
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
+
-