GeForce GT 740 OEM vs Quadro 400

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGT216GK106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date5 April 2011 (13 years ago)14 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 no data

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 cores48384
Core clock speed450 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistors486 million2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate7.20033.60
Floating-point processing power0.108 TFLOPS0.8064 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1632

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length163 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed770 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.32 GB/s80.19 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA1.23.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 April 2011 14 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 65 Watt

Quadro 400 has 103.1% lower power consumption.

GT 740 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro 400 and GeForce GT 740 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro 400 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 740 OEM is a desktop one.


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