GeForce GT 740 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce GT 740
1534
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GT 740
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
GK107
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2014
September 2014
Bus support
-
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
993 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
192
Power consumption (TDP)
64 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
31.78
12.75
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
-
3 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
3.0
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+