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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
18010
4271
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1019
1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1019
1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2165
2153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2165
2153
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
195
349
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
817
1469
Name AMD Radeon R7 M260DX NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
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

Essentials

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

Technical info

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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5