AMD Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 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 480

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 1050 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 32.19 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 2304 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 40% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 14 April 2015
Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 32.19 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM

133.2x better floating-point performance: 772.6 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Floating-point performance	772.6 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	8578
PassMark - G2D Mark	774
Geekbench - OpenCL	39538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	966

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	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	29 June 2016	14 April 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	360	not rated
Price now	$299.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	39.12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	772.6 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	384
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	32.19 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 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
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 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
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore