AMD Radeon RX 580X vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580X 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, Technologies. 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon RX 580X

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 980 MHz
12306.1x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 15.68 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: 8 GB vs 2 GB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 885 vs 300
11.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7798 vs 668

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 26 August 2013
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	885 vs 300
PassMark - G3D Mark	7798 vs 668

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

121.4x better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
5.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 185 Watt

Floating-point performance	752.6 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

885

300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7798

668

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294
PassMark - G2D Mark	885	300
PassMark - G3D Mark	7798	668
Geekbench - OpenCL	41822

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580X	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	GK208
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	162	503
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	384
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	15.68 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready