AMD Radeon RX 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 993 MHz
• 6071.7x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 31.78 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
• 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 5012 MHz
• 6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8827 vs 1469
• 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 767 vs 349
• 9.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 39028 vs 4271
• 9.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 116.142 vs 11.994
• 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1022.932 vs 291.627
• 9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.235 vs 1.023
• 5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 84.034 vs 15.139
• 25.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.721 vs 23.651
• 6.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 1790
• 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 1427
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 2153
• 6.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 1790
• 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 1427
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 2153
• Around 96% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1005 vs 513

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

• 123x better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
• 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	8827 1469
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	767 349
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	39028 4271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	116.142 11.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1022.932 291.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.235 1.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	84.034 15.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	607.721 23.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11281 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 2153
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11281 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3349 2153
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1005 513

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