GeForce GT 740A vs HD Graphics 3000

Place in performance ranking	1191	930
Place by popularity	73	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge	GK208
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)	26 August 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	12	384
Core clock speed	350 MHz	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	995 million	915 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.80	31.36
Floating-point performance	0.2208 gflops	0.7526 gflops

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 1.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Width	no data	MXM Module

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	no data	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	2 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	+	no data

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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	3.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 3000 0.66

GT 740A 1.73
+162%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD Graphics 3000 254

GT 740A 667
+163%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−125%

18−21
+125%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−133%

7−8
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Hitman 3	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−100%

2−3
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%