AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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: 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 Vega Frontier Edition

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 980 MHz
26.1x more texture fill rate: 409.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 4096 vs 384
17.4x better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1800 MHz
20x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 668
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 26 August 2013
Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 384
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327 vs 668
PassMark - G2D Mark	750 vs 300

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

9.1x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13327

668

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

750

300

Name	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327	668
PassMark - G2D Mark	750	300
Geekbench - OpenCL	75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7074

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	GK208
Launch date	27 June 2017	26 August 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	199	503
Price now	$999.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	384
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s	15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	DDR3