NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M vs AMD Radeon HD 7660G IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and AMD Radeon HD 7660G IGP 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

AMD Radeon HD 7660G IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 686 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 798 vs 473
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 149 vs 130
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3874 vs 1762
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1589 vs 843
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3235 vs 1842
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1589 vs 843
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3235 vs 1842

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 15 May 2012
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 686 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	798 vs 473
PassMark - G2D Mark	149 vs 130
Geekbench - OpenCL	3874 vs 1762
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1589 vs 843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3235 vs 1842
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1589 vs 843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3235 vs 1842

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7660G IGP

Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 3339

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7660G IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

798

473

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

130

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3874

1762

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1589

843

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3235

1842

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3339

3347

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1589

843

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3235

1842

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3339

3347

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M	AMD Radeon HD 7660G IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	798	473
PassMark - G2D Mark	149	130
Geekbench - OpenCL	3874	1762
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	157.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	16.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.77
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1589	843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3235	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1589	843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3235	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339	3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M	AMD Radeon HD 7660G IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 3
Code name	GK107	Devastator
Launch date	1 April 2013	15 May 2012
Place in performance rating	1303	1304
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Core clock speed	810 MHz	686 MHz
Floating-point performance	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	1,303 million
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 API	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Standard memory configuration	DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus