AMD Radeon 740M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 740M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 740M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 740M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Around 68% higher boost clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1492 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 6 Jul 2022
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

3x more texture fill rate: 119.4 GTexel/s vs 40.00 GTexel/s
10x more pipelines: 2560 vs 256
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 811
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10704 vs 3209
5.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57286 vs 10125

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s vs 40.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 256
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 811
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704 vs 3209
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286 vs 10125

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 740M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

811

853

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3209

10704

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10125

57286

Name	AMD Radeon 740M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	811	853
PassMark - G3D Mark	3209	10704
Geekbench - OpenCL	10125	57286
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4851

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 740M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Phoenix	GA107
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	6 Jul 2022
Place in performance rating	236	132
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2500 MHz	1492 MHz
Compute units	4
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1237 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	256	2560
Pixel fill rate	20.00 GPixel/s	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	40.00 GTexel/s	119.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	25390 million	8700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	System Shared	96 bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR6