AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM videocard review

Radeon HD 8740 OEM videocard released by AMD; release date: 5 September 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $109. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Cape Verde.

Core clock speed - 800 MHz. Texture fill rate - 25.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 512. Floating-point performance - 819.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,500 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 55 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0
Code name	Cape Verde
Launch date	5 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	819.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	25.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5