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NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 is a graphics card released on May 29, 2014, built on the Kepler architecture. It has 384 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, 80.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 993 MHz and a 64 W board power rating. It scores 1,419 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.4.

KeplerGK107-425-A2

9/10 key specs recorded · 28 facts

Depth: 37 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

384cores

Memory

1 GB

GDDR5 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

993 MHz base

Board power

64 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 scores 1,419 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 60.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,218), measured across 2,727 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 351.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,419

Rank #1,218
Faster than 60.3% of 2,658 GPUs
2,727 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 28 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 44.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 35.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 12 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 36.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 18.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 707 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 36.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 averages DirectX 9 28 fps, DirectX 10 5 fps, DirectX 11 12 fps, DirectX 12 6 fps and GPU Compute 707 ops/s, across 2,727 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 993 MHz

Memory clock 1250 MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.4

Max TDP 64 W

First benchmarked 2014-06-01

Samples 2,727

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 993 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2014-06-01. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A, NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Kepler

Codename GK107-425-A2

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 is based on the Kepler architecture and uses the GK107-425-A2 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 384

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 32

Render output units (ROPs) Not recorded

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 has 384 shading units and 32 texture mapping units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740.

Clock speeds

Base clock 993 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 runs at a base clock of 993 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 80.2 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 80.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 has a board power rating of 64 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 64 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched May 29, 2014

Launch price $89

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT 700 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 was released on May 29, 2014 and launched at a price of $89.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,419

PassMark G2D 351

Rank #1,218

Samples 2,727

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.4

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 has 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 80.2 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 has a board power rating of 64 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 scores 1,419 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 60.3% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,218. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 6 fps.