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.

 

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 1478
PassMark - G2D Mark 343
Geekbench - OpenCL 4312
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 1283
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

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