NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GK208GPU NameGK208B
Kepler 2.0ArchitectureKepler 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
1,020 millionTransistors1,020 million
87 mm²Die Size87 mm²

Graphics Card

Aug 26th, 2013Release DateSep 29th, 2014
GeForce 700AFamilyGeForce 700
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 600APredecessorGeForce 600
PCIe 3.0 x8Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8

Memory

2 GBMemory Size1024 MB
DDR3Memory TypeDDR3
64 bitMemory Bus64 bit
14.40 GB/sBandwidth12.80 GB/s

Performance

7.840 GPixel/sPixel fillrate3.188 GPixel/s
31.36 GTexel/sTexture fillrate12.75 GTexel/s
752.6 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance306.0 GFLOPS
31.36 GFLOPS (1:24)FP64 (double) performance12.75 GFLOPS (1:24)

Clock Speeds

900 MHz
1800 Mbps effective
Memory Clock800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
980 MHzGPU Clock797 MHz

Render Config

384Shading Units192
32TMUs16
8ROPs8
16 KB (per SMX)L1 Cache16 KB (per SMX)
512 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthSingle-slot
33 WThermal design power (TDP)19 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x VGA

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.1Vulkan1.1
5.1Shader Model5.1
3.5CUDA3.5