GeForce GT 740 and GeForce GT 550M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce GT 550M
GeForce GT 740
1534
GeForce GT 550M
590
GeForce GT 740
GeForce GT 550M
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GK107
N12P-GT
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
May 2014
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
993 MHz
740 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
284.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
96
Power consumption (TDP)
64 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
31.78
11.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s
28.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 API
CUDA
3.0
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Optimus
-
+