AMD Radeon 740M vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 740M and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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).

AMD Radeon 740M

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 740M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1138 MHz
2x more boost clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
132.3x more texture fill rate: 40.00 GTexel/s vs 302.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 14 nm
14x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 210 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Texture fill rate	40.00 GTexel/s vs 302.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 210 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

14x more pipelines: 3584 vs 256
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 811
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12354 vs 3209
6.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61796 vs 10125

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 256
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	828 vs 811
PassMark - G3D Mark	12354 vs 3209
Geekbench - OpenCL	61796 vs 10125

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 740M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

811

828

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3209

12354

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10125

61796

Name	AMD Radeon 740M	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
PassMark - G2D Mark	811	828
PassMark - G3D Mark	3209	12354
Geekbench - OpenCL	10125	61796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 740M	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Phoenix	Vega 10
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	14 August 2017
Place in performance rating	236	239
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz	1250 MHz
Compute units	4
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	256	3584
Pixel fill rate	20.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	40.00 GTexel/s	302.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	210 Watt
Transistor count	25390 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		9,677 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	402.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1572 MHz
Memory type	System Shared	HBM2