GeForce GT 740M and GeForce 8600 GS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 740M vs GeForce 8600 GS
GeForce GT 740M
816
GeForce 8600 GS
94
GeForce GT 740M
GeForce 8600 GS
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N14P-GV2, ...
G84
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2013
April 2007
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
-
Core clock speed
810 MHz
540 MHz
Floating-point performance
752.6 gflops
38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
915 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
16
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
47 Watt
Texture fill rate
31.36
4.320
Memory type
DDR3
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 - 1800 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
DDR3/GDDR5
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
-
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
-
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
-
HDCP content protection
+
-
HDMI
+
-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
-
Blu-Ray 3D Support
+
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+
-