
GeForce GT 740M and GeForce GT 230M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 740M vs GeForce GT 230M
GeForce GT 740M
816
GeForce GT 230M
218
GeForce GT 740M
GeForce GT 230M
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N14P-GV2, ...
N10P-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2013
June 2009
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x16
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
-
Core clock speed
810 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
-
48
Floating-point performance
752.6 gflops
105.6 gflops
Gigaflops
-
158
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
915 million
486 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
48
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
31.36
8.000
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
Up to 1 GB
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 - 1800 MHz
Up to 600 (DDR2), Up to 800 (GDDR3), Up to 1066 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
DDR3/GDDR5
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
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
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
HDA
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
-
Blu-Ray 3D Support
+
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-
Power management
-
8.0
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+
-