AMD Radeon 740M vs AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 740M and AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 740M

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 740M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.3x more boost clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1100 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 14 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 811 vs 355
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3209 vs 1894

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 23 April 2018
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	811 vs 355
PassMark - G3D Mark	3209 vs 1894

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 740M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

811

355

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3209

1894

Name	AMD Radeon 740M	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
PassMark - G2D Mark	811	355
PassMark - G3D Mark	3209	1894
Geekbench - OpenCL	10125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		176.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		135.437
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		862

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 740M	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Phoenix	Raven
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	23 April 2018
Place in performance rating	236	931
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz	1100 MHz
Compute units	4
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	256
Pixel fill rate	20.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	40.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	25390 million	4,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent
Memory bus width	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared
Memory type	System Shared