NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

440
Place in performance rating
722
15.30
Value for money (0-100)
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Fermi
Architecture
Kepler
GF104
Code name
GK208
Desktop
Type
Laptop
12 July 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
1 March 2013 (8 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$119 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$310
3.85
Value for money
0.14
GF104
GPU code name
N14P-GV2, ...
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

336
Pipelines
384
675 MHz
Core clock speed
810 MHz
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Boost Clock
980 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
915 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
160 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
37.80
Texture fill rate
31.36
907.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
752.6 gflops
336
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
980 MHz
1,950 million
Number of transistors
915 million
160 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 GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
Length
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6-pin & 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
medium sized
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SLI options
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16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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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 GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
768 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
3600 MHz
Memory clock speed
1600 - 1800 MHz
86.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Standard memory configuration
DDR3/GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Multi monitor support
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HDCP
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
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HDMI
+
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VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
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eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
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LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
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HDCP content protection
+
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7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
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FXAA
+
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3D Vision / 3DTV Play
+
no data
Blu-Ray 3D Support
+
no data
Direct Compute
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 API
4.1
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 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 GTX 460 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 GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
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 GTX 460

6.97% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($119 (0.6x MSRP) vs $310)

More maximum RAM amount (768 MB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (86.4 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

More pipelines (384 vs 336)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (45 Watt vs 160 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M performance benchmarks comparison

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