NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon R7 250 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
• Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
• Around 6% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 716.8 gflops
• Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 75 Watt
• 4.4x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1150 MHz
• Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1469 vs 1051
• Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 349 vs 283

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

• 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
• Around 76% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7525 vs 4271
• Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 20.161 vs 11.994
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 304.279 vs 291.627
• Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.655 vs 1.023
• Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.046 vs 15.139
• 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 96.934 vs 23.651
• Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2179 vs 1790
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 1427
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2153
• Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2179 vs 1790
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 1427
• Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1469 1051
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	349 283
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	4271 7525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	11.994 20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	291.627 304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1.023 1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	15.139 30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	23.651 96.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1427 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2153 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1790 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1427 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2153 3356

Compare specifications (specs)