GRID M40 vs GeForce GT 740

Place in the ranking	697	671
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.19	no data
Power efficiency	4.16	5.90
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GK107	GM107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	29 May 2014 (10 years ago)	18 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	384
Core clock speed	993 MHz	1033 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	31.78	33.06
Floating-point processing power	0.7626 TFLOPS	0.7933 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	32	32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB/s	83.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.126
CUDA	3.0	5.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.84	4.26
Recency	29 May 2014	18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	64 Watt	50 Watt

GRID M40 has a 10.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 28% lower power consumption.

The GRID M40 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 740 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 740 is a desktop card while GRID M40 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.