AMD Radeon 740M vs AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 740M and AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded 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 Embedded

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 740M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 92% higher boost clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 14 nm
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 811 vs 408
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3209 vs 1579
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10125 vs 8803

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 13 February 2018
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	811 vs 408
PassMark - G3D Mark	3209 vs 1579
Geekbench - OpenCL	10125 vs 8803

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

811

408

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3209

1579

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10125

8803

Name	AMD Radeon 740M	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
PassMark - G2D Mark	811	408
PassMark - G3D Mark	3209	1579
Geekbench - OpenCL	10125	8803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		25.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		365.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		132.07
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6729
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		705

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 740M	AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Phoenix	Owl
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	13 February 2018
Place in performance rating	236	932
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz	1300 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	15 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