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NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M is a graphics card released on April 1, 2013. It has 2 GB of DDR3 memory and 14.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth. It scores 772 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan 1.2.

5/10 key specs recorded · 21 facts

Depth: 27 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: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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

Shading units

n/a

Memory

2 GB

DDR3

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

n/a

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M scores 772 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 48.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,559), measured across 4,847 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 148.

PassMark G3D Mark

772

Rank #1,559
Faster than 48.5% of 2,658 GPUs
4,847 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 15 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 29.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 18.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 8.5% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 522 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 29.3% 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 740M averages DirectX 9 15 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps, DirectX 11 6 fps, DirectX 12 4 fps and GPU Compute 522 ops/s, across 4,847 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x8

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 980 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

First benchmarked 2013-05-12

Samples 4,847

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M states the PCIe 3.0 x8 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 980 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2013-05-12. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth 14.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M is equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 memory and delivers 14.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M it connects over PCIe 3.0 x8.

Board power (TDP) Not recorded

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 x8

Market

Launched April 1, 2013

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M was released on April 1, 2013.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 772

PassMark G2D 148

Rank #1,559

Samples 4,847

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan 1.2.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

Vulkan 1.2

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

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M has 2 GB of DDR3 memory. Its memory bandwidth is 14.4 GB/s.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M scores 772 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 48.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,559. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 4 fps.