AMD Radeon R5 M240 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M240 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (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 M240

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 156 vs 149
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 September 2014 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 156 vs 149

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 798 vs 451
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3876 vs 3721
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3235 vs 1444
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3235 vs 1444
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 3249
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 3249
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1589 vs 881
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1589 vs 881
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 798 vs 451
Geekbench - OpenCL 3876 vs 3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3235 vs 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3235 vs 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 vs 3249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 vs 3249
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1589 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1589 vs 881

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M240
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
451
798
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
156
149
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3721
3876
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1444
3235
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1444
3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3249
3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3249
3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
881
1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
881
1589
Name AMD Radeon R5 M240 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
PassMark - G3D Mark 451 798
PassMark - G2D Mark 156 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 3721 3876
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1444 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1444 3235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3249 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3249 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 881 1589
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 881 1589
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 M240 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Jet GK107
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date 18 September 2014 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1310 1312
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 384
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 15.68 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,270 million
Boost clock speed 980 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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
HDMI
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 Not Listed PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11 12 API
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed 1.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus