Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 980 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 GTX 980 is 113 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GT 740.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 64 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Performs up to 37% better in Far Cry 6 than GeForce GT 740 - 86 vs 63 FPS
- Up to 20% cheaper than GeForce GT 740 - $199.0 vs $249.99
- Up to 42% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than GeForce GT 740 - $2.31 vs $3.97 per FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 4 vs 1 GB
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Buy for $249.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 122 minutes ago
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
86
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$199
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $199 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 122 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
7.944 GPixel/s
10%
Texel Fillrate
31.78 GTexel/s
20%
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
---|---|---|
May 29th, 2014 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
GeForce 700 | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$89 | MSRP | $549 |
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
1 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
80.19 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
993 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1127 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1216 MHz |
1253 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |