NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs AMD Radeon HD 8650G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon HD 8650G 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 8650G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 533 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1474 vs 523
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 346 vs 138
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4278 vs 1731
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1790 vs 736
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1790 vs 736

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 May 2014 vs 1 May 2013
Core clock speed	993 MHz vs 533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1474 vs 523
PassMark - G2D Mark	346 vs 138
Geekbench - OpenCL	4278 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1790 vs 736
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1790 vs 736

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8650G

Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2062 vs 1427
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2153
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2062 vs 1427
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2153

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2062 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 2153
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2062 vs 1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 2153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8650G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1474

523

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

346

138

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4278

1731

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1790

736

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

2062

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2153

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1790

736

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1427

2062

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2153

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740	AMD Radeon HD 8650G
PassMark - G3D Mark	1474	523
PassMark - G2D Mark	346	138
Geekbench - OpenCL	4278	1731
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	736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1427	2062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2153	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1790	736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1427	2062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2153	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	513

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740	AMD Radeon HD 8650G
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Terascale 3
Code name	GK107	Richland
Launch date	29 May 2014	1 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$89
Place in performance rating	1276	1279
Price now	$94.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	18.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	993 MHz	533 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		720 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
Laptop size		medium sized
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