AMD Radeon 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • 1567.6x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
  • Around 6% better floating-point performance: 800 GFLOPs vs 752.6 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1802 MHz
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1030 vs 793
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 vs 149
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5014 vs 3866
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2021 vs 1589
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2021 vs 1589
  • Around 47% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 506 vs 345
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 1024 MHz vs 810 MHz
Boost clock speed 1024 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.58 GTexel/s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 800 GFLOPs vs 752.6 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 1802 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1030 vs 793
PassMark - G2D Mark 174 vs 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 5014 vs 3866
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2021 vs 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2021 vs 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506 vs 345

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3235 vs 2246
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3235 vs 2246
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3235 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235 vs 2246

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1030
793
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
174
149
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5014
3866
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2021
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2246
3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2021
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2246
3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
506
345
Name AMD Radeon 530 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1030 793
PassMark - G2D Mark 174 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 5014 3866
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2021 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2246 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2021 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2246 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3339
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506 345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.77

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 530 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Essentials

Architecture GCN Kepler
Code name Meso GK107
Design Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1099 1301
Type Desktop, Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1024 MHz 980 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 1024 MHz 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 800 GFLOPs 752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Pixel fill rate 8.20 GP/s
Render output units 8
Stream Processors 320/384
Texture fill rate 24.58 GTexel/s 15.68 GTexel / s
Texture Units 20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 12 API
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1802 MHz
Memory type DDR3/GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus