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GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce GT 1030

GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce GT 1030: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

GeForce GT 740

1 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

Buy for £78.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 505 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

GeForce GT 1030

2 GB GDDR5 | 64-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
MSI GeForce GT 1030 4GHD4 LP OC Gaming Graphics Card - 4GB GDDR4, 2100 MHz, PCI Express 3.0 x16, 64 bit, DP, HDMI

Buy for £68.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 505 minutes ago

GeForce GT 740

1 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

Buy for £78.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 505 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

GeForce GT 1030

2 GB GDDR5 | 64-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
MSI GeForce GT 1030 4GHD4 LP OC Gaming Graphics Card - 4GB GDDR4, 2100 MHz, PCI Express 3.0 x16, 64 bit, DP, HDMI

Buy for £68.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 505 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GT 1030 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GT 740 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GT 1030 is 1084 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GT 740.

Advantages of GeForce GT 1030

  • Performs up to 5% better in Dead Space than GeForce GT 740 - 45 vs 43 FPS
  • Up to 12% cheaper than GeForce GT 740 - £68.99 vs £78.11
  • Up to 16% better value when playing Dead Space than GeForce GT 740 - £1.53 vs £1.82 per FPS
  • Consumes up to 53% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 30 vs 64 Watts
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 2 vs 1 GB
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Dead Space

Dead Space

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014


FPS

43

96%

Value, £/FPS

£1.82/FPS

84%

Price, £

£78.11

88%

Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

Buy for £78.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 505 minutes ago

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
GeForce GT 1030

Desktop • May 17th, 2017


FPS

45

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.53/FPS

100%

Price, £

£68.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI GeForce GT 1030 4GHD4 LP OC Gaming Graphics Card - 4GB GDDR4, 2100 MHz, PCI Express 3.0 x16, 64 bit, DP, HDMI

Buy for £68.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 505 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
GeForce GT 1030

Desktop • May 17th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

7.944 GPixel/s

34%

Texel Fillrate

31.78 GTexel/s

90%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo
GeForce GT 1030

Desktop • May 17th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

23.49 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

35.23 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo

GeForce GT 740

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Logo

GeForce GT 1030

May 29th, 2014Release Date
May 17th, 2017
GeForce 700GenerationGeForce 10
$89MSRP
$79
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIOutputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI
1x 6-pinPower ConnectorsNone
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1 GBMemory
2 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
128-bitBus64-bit
80.19 GB/s
Bandwidth48.06 GB/s
993 MHzBase Clock Speed
1228 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1468 MHz
1253 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1502 MHz

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