GeForce GT 740 and GeForce GT 520 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce GT 520
GeForce GT 740
1534
GeForce GT 520
318
GeForce GT 740
GeForce GT 520
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GK107
GF119
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2014
April 2011
Bus support
-
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
993 MHz
810 MHz
CUDA cores
-
48
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
292 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
48
Power consumption (TDP)
64 Watt
29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
102 °C
Texture fill rate
31.78
6.5 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
3.0
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.2
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A