AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
4.8x more texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 32.19 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 14 April 2015
Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s vs 32.19 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 926 MHz
157.7x better floating-point performance: 772.6 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 926 MHz
Floating-point performance	772.6 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	7965
PassMark - G2D Mark	723
Geekbench - OpenCL	33787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	842

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler
Code name	Ellesmere	GK106
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	14 April 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	389	not rated
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	100.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs	772.6 gflops
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	384
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s	32.19 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	2,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore