GeForce GT 740M vs 540M |
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GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 740M vs 540M among Laptop GPUs over 35W TDP
Gaming | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Sky Diver Factor and Fire Strike Factor | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more | |
Value | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more | |
Noise and Power | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better T-Rex score | 3,334 | vs | 3,068.37 | Around 10% better T-Rex score | |||
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| Better 3DMark06 score | 10,161 | vs | 7,986 | More than 25% better 3DMark06 score | |||
| Higher clock speed | 810 MHz | vs | 672 MHz | More than 20% higher clock speed | |||
| More memory | 2,048 MB | vs | 1,024 MB | 2x more memory | |||
| Slightly better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 5,459 | vs | 3,551 | Around 55% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
| More render output processors | 16 | vs | 4 | 12 more render output processors | |||
| Slightly higher texture rate | 25.92 GTexel/s | vs | 10.75 GTexel/s | Around 2.5x higher texture rate | |||
| More shading units | 384 | vs | 96 | 288 more shading units | |||
| More texture mapping units | 32 | vs | 16 | Twice as many texture mapping units | |||
| Better PassMark direct compute score | 723 | vs | 337 | Around 2.2x better PassMark direct compute score | |||
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| Slightly lower TDP | 35W | vs | 45W | More than 20% lower TDP | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GT 740M vs 540M
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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