GeForce GT 740A vs Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7

Place in the ranking	450	935
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	3.78
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name	Tiger Lake Xe	GK208
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 August 2020 (4 years ago)	26 August 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	96	384
Core clock speed	no data	980 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	915 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	31.36
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.7526 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	8
TMUs	no data	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

no data

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	DDR4	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	2 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	900 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 data

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX 12_1	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.1.126
CUDA	-	3.5

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +500%	4−5 −500%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +520%	5−6 −520%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +567%	3−4 −567%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +667%	3−4 −667%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +600%	4−5 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +560%	10−11 −560%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +500%	9−10 −500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +575%	4−5 −575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +540%	5−6 −540%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +500%	4−5 −500%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +520%	5−6 −520%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +567%	3−4 −567%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +667%	3−4 −667%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +600%	4−5 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +560%	10−11 −560%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +500%	9−10 −500%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +520%	5−6 −520%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +575%	4−5 −575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +540%	5−6 −540%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +550%	4−5 −550%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +500%	4−5 −500%
Battlefield 5	30−35 +520%	5−6 −520%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +667%	3−4 −667%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +600%	4−5 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 +560%	10−11 −560%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +550%	4−5 −550%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +567%	3−4 −567%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +700%	2−3 −700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +533%	3−4 −533%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +650%	2−3 −650%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +529%	7−8 −529%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +500%	7−8 −500%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Battlefield 5	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.04	1.73
Recency	15 August 2020	26 August 2013
Chip lithography	10 nm	28 nm

Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 has a 480.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 740A in performance tests.

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