GeForce GT 740M vs HD Graphics 530

Place in the ranking	818	876
Place by popularity	97	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.04	4.35
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name	Skylake GT2	GK208
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	20 June 2013 (11 years ago)

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	192	384
Core clock speed	350 MHz	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	980 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	915 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.80	31.36
Floating-point processing power	0.3648 TFLOPS	0.7526 TFLOPS
ROPs	3	8
TMUs	24	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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 3.0 x8

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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	2 GB
Standard memory configuration	no data	DDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	no data	Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support	no data	Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support	no data	Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	Up to 3840x2160
HDMI	-	+
HDCP content protection	-	+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	-	+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support	-	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	-	+
Optimus	-	+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	-	+
Quick Sync	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 API
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 530 2.59
+25.7%

GT 740M 2.06

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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 530 1001
+25.8%

GT 740M 796

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD Graphics 530 1362

GT 740M 1848
+35.7%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD Graphics 530 6831
+3.6%

GT 740M 6591

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD Graphics 530 935

GT 740M 1151
+23%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 530 7500
+1.3%

GT 740M 7403

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	13 −23.1%	16 +23.1%
4K	7 +40%	5−6 −40%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+25%

4−5

−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +16.7%	18−20 −16.7%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	13 +30%	10−11 −30%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +5.6%	35−40 −5.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +16.7%	18−20 −16.7%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 −69.2%	22 +69.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +5.6%	35−40 −5.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +16.7%	18−20 −16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −33.3%	4 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +5.6%	35−40 −5.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +36.4%	10−12 −36.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

This is how HD Graphics 530 and GT 740M compete in popular games:

GT 740M is 23% faster in 1080p
HD Graphics 530 is 40% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD Graphics 530 is 300% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GT 740M is 69% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 530 is ahead in 42 tests (78%)
GT 740M is ahead in 2 tests (4%)
there's a draw in 10 tests (19%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.59	2.06
Recency	1 September 2015	20 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt

HD Graphics 530 has a 25.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The HD Graphics 530 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 740M in performance tests.

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