AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM

  • Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 25.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 9% better floating-point performance: 819.2 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Texture fill rate 25.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 819.2 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 55 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 800 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 55 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Name AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
PassMark - G2D Mark 300
PassMark - G3D Mark 668

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler 2.0
Code name Cape Verde GK208
Launch date 5 September 2013 26 August 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Place in performance rating not rated 507
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 980 MHz
Floating-point performance 819.2 gflops 752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Texture fill rate 25.6 GTexel / s 15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3

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