NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 32% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 743 MHz
- Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
- Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
- Around 58% better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
- 6.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 215 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1656 MHz
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 668 vs 660
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 26 August 2013 vs 14 May 2007 |
Core clock speed | 980 MHz vs 743 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 15.68 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 384 vs 320 |
Floating-point performance | 752.6 gflops vs 475.5 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt vs 215 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1656 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 668 vs 660 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
- Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 300
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 397 vs 300 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A | ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 300 | 397 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 668 | 660 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A | ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Kepler 2.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | GK208 | R600 |
Launch date | 26 August 2013 | 14 May 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 505 | 377 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 980 MHz | 743 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 752.6 gflops | 475.5 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | 320 |
Texture fill rate | 15.68 GTexel / s | 11.89 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | 215 Watt |
Transistor count | 720 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 106.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1656 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |