AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 230

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 45 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 149
Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 3876

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	255 vs 149
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127 vs 3876

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

3.1x more texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.8x better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 798 vs 222
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1589 vs 439
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1589 vs 439
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3235 vs 992
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3235 vs 992
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 2480
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 2480

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	15.68 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	752.6 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	798 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1589 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1589 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3235 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3235 vs 992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339 vs 2480
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339 vs 2480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

222

798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

149

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4127

3876

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

439

1589

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

439

1589

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

992

3235

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

992

3235

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

3339

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2480

3339

Name	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
PassMark - G3D Mark	222	798
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	149
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127	3876
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	439	1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	439	1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	992	3235
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	992	3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480	3339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		9.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		44.77
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		345

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 230	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Kepler
Code name	Caicos	GK107
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	3 April 2014	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	1311	1312
Price now	$50
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.10
Technical info
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	384
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,270 million
Boost clock speed		980 MHz
Core clock speed		810 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	12 API
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Memory clock speed		1802 MHz
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus