AMD Radeon R8 M350DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M350DX 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1843 vs 1427
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1843 vs 1427
  • 2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1330 vs 513
  • 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19471 vs 4332
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 December 2015 vs 29 May 2014
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1843 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1843 vs 1427
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1330 vs 513
Geekbench - OpenCL 19471 vs 4332

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 955 MHz
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2153 vs 1662
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2153 vs 1662
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 993 MHz vs 955 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2153 vs 1662
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2153 vs 1662

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M350DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1843
1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1843
1427
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1330
513
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19471
4332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1662
2153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1662
2153
Name AMD Radeon R8 M350DX NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1843 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1843 1427
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1330 513
Geekbench - OpenCL 19471 4332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1662 2153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1662 2153
PassMark - G3D Mark 1490
PassMark - G2D Mark 342
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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1790

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R8 M350DX NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Jet GK107
Launch date 12 December 2015 29 May 2014
Place in performance rating 1276 1277
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $89
Price now $94.99
Value for money (0-100) 18.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz
Core clock speed 955 MHz 993 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Transistor count 1,040 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 (11_1) 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