GeForce GTX 650 vs GeForce GT 740
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 650 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GT 740 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 650
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 | | GeForce GT 740 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK107 (GK107-450-A2) | vs | GK107 (GK107-425-A2) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 118 mm² | vs | 118 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,270 million | vs | 1,270 million |
| Shaders | 384 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 1058 MHz | vs | 993 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 650 | | GeForce GT 740 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 650 | | GeForce GT 740 | |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | vs | 64 watts |
| Release Date | 6 Sep 2012 | vs | 29 May 2014 |
GeForce GTX 650
8.46 GP/s
GeForce GT 740
7.94 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 650
33.90 GT/s
GeForce GT 740
31.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 650
80.00 GB/s
GeForce GT 740
80.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 650
812.50 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 740
762.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better