NVIDIA GeForce 920M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

750
Place in performance rating
722
Kepler
Architecture
Kepler
GK208B
Code name
GK208
Laptop
Type
Laptop
27 January 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
1 March 2013 (8 years ago)
$895
Price now
$310
0.20
Value for money
0.14
N16V-GM-S
GPU code name
N14P-GV2, ...
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
384
954 MHz
Core clock speed
810 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
980 MHz
915 million
Transistor count
915 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
30.53
Texture fill rate
31.36
297.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
752.6 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
no data
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
915 million
Number of transistors
915 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
45 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
no data
Laptop size
medium sized
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1600 - 1800 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
no data
Standard memory configuration
DDR3/GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
HDMI
+
no data
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
no data
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
no data
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
no data
HDCP content protection
+
no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
+
+
Optimus
+
+
GameWorks
no data
no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
no data
FXAA
+
+
Verde Drivers
no data
+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
no data
Blu-Ray 3D Support
+
no data
Direct Compute
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 API
4.5
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 920M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M 16.3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 920M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 920M

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 45 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

0.26% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($310 vs $895)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 920M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M .

NVIDIA GeForce 920M versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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