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
GPU 1
GPU 2
300
397
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
668
660
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 300 397
PassMark - G3D Mark 668 660

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

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