NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon R7 240 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

• Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
• 2x more texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
• Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
• Around 53% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 499.2 gflops
• 4.4x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1150 MHz
• Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1469 vs 902
• Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 349 vs 274
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1790 vs 1688
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1790 vs 1688

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

• Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 64 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 4271
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.344 vs 11.994
• Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.262 vs 1.023
• Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.59 vs 15.139
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 60.326 vs 23.651
• Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 1427
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2153
• Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 1427
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1469 902
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	349 274
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4271 5331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11.994 13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	291.627 290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.023 1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.139 21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	23.651 60.326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1427 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2153 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1427 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2153 3353

Compare specifications (specs)