AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A 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 - 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.8x more texture fill rate: 59.2 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
2.5x better floating-point performance: 1,894 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 26 August 2013
Texture fill rate	59.2 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 900 MHz
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 900 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	27566
Geekbench - OpenCL	70535
PassMark - G2D Mark		300
PassMark - G3D Mark		668

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Pitcairn	GK208
Launch date	13 March 2015	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	165	507
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	384
Texture fill rate	59.2 GTexel / s	15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
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	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3