NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO 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) 10 month(s) later
- Around 70% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 575 MHz
- 2.3x more texture fill rate: 15.68 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 66 Watt
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
- 5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 668 vs 113
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 26 August 2013 vs 1 October 2006 |
Core clock speed | 980 MHz vs 575 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 15.68 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt vs 66 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 668 vs 113 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
- Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 318 vs 300
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 318 vs 300 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 300 | 318 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 668 | 113 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Kepler 2.0 | R500 |
Code name | GK208 | RV570 |
Launch date | 26 August 2013 | 1 October 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 509 | 511 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 980 MHz | 575 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 752.6 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 384 | |
Texture fill rate | 15.68 GTexel / s | 6.9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | 66 Watt |
Transistor count | 330 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 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 44.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1380 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |