AMD Radeon R7 M260DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M260DX 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 R7 M260DX
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
- 4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18010 vs 4271
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2165 vs 2153
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2165 vs 2153
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 October 2014 vs 29 May 2014 |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18010 vs 4271 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2165 vs 2153 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2165 vs 2153 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
- Around 7% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 925 MHz
- Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1790 vs 1047
- Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1790 vs 1047
- Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1427 vs 1019
- Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1427 vs 1019
- Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 349 vs 195
- Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1469 vs 817
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 993 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1790 vs 1047 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1790 vs 1047 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1427 vs 1019 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1427 vs 1019 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 349 vs 195 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1469 vs 817 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M260DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
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| Name | AMD Radeon R7 M260DX | NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18010 | 4271 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1047 | 1790 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1047 | 1790 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1019 | 1427 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1019 | 1427 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2165 | 2153 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2165 | 2153 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 195 | 349 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 817 | 1469 |
| 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 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 513 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R7 M260DX | NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 | |
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| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Topaz | GK107 |
| Launch date | 12 October 2014 | 29 May 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 1269 | 1270 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $89 | |
| Price now | $94.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 18.87 | |
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| Boost clock speed | 940 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 925 MHz | 993 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistor count | 3,100 million | 1,270 million |
| Floating-point performance | 762.6 gflops | |
| Pipelines | 384 | |
| Texture fill rate | 31.78 GTexel / s | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 64 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.19 GB / s | |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
