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.

 

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 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 148
  • Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 3885
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 148
Geekbench - OpenCL 4127 vs 3885

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: 797 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 797 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
797
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
148
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4127
3885
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 222 797
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 148
Geekbench - OpenCL 4127 3885
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