Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB vs GeForce GT 740

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking705not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency4.11no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK107GA10B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 May 2014 (10 years ago)March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 $299

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 cores3841024
Core clock speed993 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)64 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate31.7820.00
Floating-point processing power0.7626 TFLOPS1.28 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3232
Tensor Coresno data32

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1067 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s68.29 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 15 Watt

Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 326.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 740 and Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 740 is a desktop card while Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB is a notebook one.


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