GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GT 740A - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GT 740A
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GT 740A
687
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GT 740A
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
GT200
GK208
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
August 2013
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
602 MHz
980 MHz
CUDA cores
240
-
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
384
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
33 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
31.36
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
3.5
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126