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.

AMD Radeon HD 8740 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

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	510
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