Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce GT 730 OEM
Nvidia
GeForce GT 740
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 May 2014
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 730 OEM
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 9 Apr 2015
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GT 740295%
- GeForce GT 730 OEM100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 740
- Around 195% higher average synthetic performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 730 OEM
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GT 740
The GeForce GT 740 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 740 | GeForce GT 730 OEM |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK107 (GK107-425-A2) | GK107 () |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 118 mm² | 118 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,270 million | 1,270 million |
| Shaders | 384 | 384 |
| Compute Units | 2 | 2 |
| Core clock | 993 MHz | 993 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | 32 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 740 | GeForce GT 730 OEM |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 740 | GeForce GT 730 OEM |
|---|
| TDP | 64 watts | 64 watts |
| Release Date | 29 May 2014 | 9 Apr 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 7407.94 GP/s
- GeForce GT 730 OEM7.94 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 74031.80 GT/s
- GeForce GT 730 OEM31.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 74080.20 GB/s
- GeForce GT 730 OEM80.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 740762.60 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 730 OEM762.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GT 7404610
- GeForce GT 730 OEM1560
Points (higher is better)