GeForce GT 740M and GeForce GT 720M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 740M vs GeForce GT 720M
GeForce GT 740M
816
GeForce GT 720M
475
GeForce GT 740M
GeForce GT 720M
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N14P-GV2, ...
N14M-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2013
April 2013
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x8
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
938 MHz
Core clock speed
810 MHz
625 MHz
Floating-point performance
752.6 gflops
240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
915 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
96
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
33 Watt
Texture fill rate
31.36
12.13
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1600 - 1800 MHz
1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
DDR3/GDDR5
DDR3
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
Up to 2560x1600
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
+
+
HDMI
+
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 API
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
-
Blu-Ray 3D Support
+
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Optimus
+
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+
+