GeForce GT 740 and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce GT 740
1534
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce GT 740
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GK107
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2014
October 2009
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
993 MHz
650 MHz
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
48
Power consumption (TDP)
64 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
31.78
15.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
3.0
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A