GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GT 740M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GT 740M
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GT 740M
816
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GT 740M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
N14P-GV2, ...
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
March 2013
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
980 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
810 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
-
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
384
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
31.36
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1600 - 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
-
DDR3/GDDR5
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
-
Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support
-
Up to 1920x1200
Multi monitor support
4 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
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
-
+
Blu-Ray 3D Support
-
+
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
Optimus
-
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
-
+