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GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce GT 740

GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce GT 740: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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NVIDIA 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 $70 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 226 minutes ago

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NVIDIA 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 $70 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 226 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 970M outperforms GeForce GT 740 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 970M is 131 days newer than GeForce GT 740.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

  • Performs up to 29% better in Elden Ring than GeForce GT 740 - 45 vs 35 FPS
  • Up to 500% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 6 vs 1 GB
This is a free version of Elden Ring.
Elden Ring

Elden Ring

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M Logo
GeForce GTX 970M

Mobile • Oct 7th, 2014


FPS

45

100%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

FPS Winner

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014


FPS

35

78%

Value, $/FPS

$2/FPS

100%

Price, $

$70

100%

Value Winner

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 $70 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 226 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Maximum

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M Logo
GeForce GTX 970M

Mobile • Oct 7th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M Logo
GeForce GTX 970M

Mobile • Oct 7th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

49.82 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

83.04 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

7.944 GPixel/s

16%

Texel Fillrate

31.78 GTexel/s

38%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Oct 7th, 2014
Release DateMay 29th, 2014
GeForce 900MGenerationGeForce 700
Not AvailableMSRP$89
NoneOutputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
6 GB
Memory1 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
192-bitBus128-bit
120.3 GB/s
Bandwidth80.19 GB/s
924 MHzBase Clock Speed
993 MHz
1038 MHzBoost Clock SpeedNot Available
1253 MHzMemory Clock Speed1253 MHz

Laptops Using GeForce GTX 970M or GeForce GT 740

Elden Ring, 1920 x 1080, Maximum

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