NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs AMD Radeon HD 8510G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon HD 8510G 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

AMD Radeon HD 8510G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1478 vs 358
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 343 vs 102
3.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4312 vs 1406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 May 2014 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed	993 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1478 vs 358
PassMark - G2D Mark	343 vs 102
Geekbench - OpenCL	4312 vs 1406

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8510G

Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1766 vs 1427
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3206 vs 2153
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1766 vs 1427
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3206 vs 2153

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1766 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3206 vs 2153
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1766 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3206 vs 2153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8510G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1478

358

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

343

102

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4312

1406

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

1766

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2153

3206

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

1766

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2153

3206

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740	AMD Radeon HD 8510G
PassMark - G3D Mark	1478	358
PassMark - G2D Mark	343	102
Geekbench - OpenCL	4312	1406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	11.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	291.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1427	1766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2153	3206
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1427	1766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2153	3206
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	513

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740	AMD Radeon HD 8510G
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler
Code name	GK107	Trinity
Launch date	29 May 2014	23 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$89
Place in performance rating	1283	1285
Price now	$94.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	18.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	993 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million
Boost clock speed		554 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1