AMD Radeon Pro W5700X vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1243 MHz vs 980 MHz
17723.2x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 2560 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
7.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 300
26.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17591 vs 668

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1243 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060 vs 300
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591 vs 668

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

6.2x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 205 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1060

300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17591

668

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Geekbench - OpenCL	43810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16573
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060	300
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591	668

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Navi 10	GK208
Launch date	Q3'2020	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	146	503
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.5 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	384
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million
Floating-point performance		752.6 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3