AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand

2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Core clock speed	993 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s vs 16.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 528.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
PassMark - G3D Mark		1490
PassMark - G2D Mark		342
Geekbench - OpenCL		4332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		11.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		291.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		23.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2153
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2153
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		513

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M230 Rebrand	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Sun	GK107
Launch date	31 May 2014	29 May 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	1276
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$89
Price now		$94.99
Value for money (0-100)		18.87
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	993 MHz
Floating-point performance	528.0 gflops	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	384
Texture fill rate	16.5 GTexel / s	31.78 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,270 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		64 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5