NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A vs ATI FireGL V7300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A and ATI FireGL V7300 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

ATI FireGL V7300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 594 MHz
Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 9.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 97 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1296 MHz
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 668 vs 128

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 August 2013 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.68 GTexel / s vs 9.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 97 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	668 vs 128

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7300

Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 322 vs 300

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	322 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7300

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

300

322

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

668

128

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A	ATI FireGL V7300
PassMark - G2D Mark	300	322
PassMark - G3D Mark	668	128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A	ATI FireGL V7300
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	R500
Code name	GK208	R520
Launch date	26 August 2013	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	503	500
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Technical info
Core clock speed	980 MHz	594 MHz
Floating-point performance	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	15.68 GTexel / s	9.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	97 Watt
Transistor count		321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	41.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1296 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3