GeForce GT 740M and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 740M vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce GT 740M
816
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GT 740M
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
N14P-GV2, ...
GK208B
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2013
September 2014
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
-
Core clock speed
810 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
752.6 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
915 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
192
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
31.36
12.75
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 - 1800 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
DDR3/GDDR5
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
-
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
-
Multi monitor support
-
3 displays
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
+
-
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 API
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
-
Blu-Ray 3D Support
+
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+
-