NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
VS
AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
VS
AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

722
Place in performance rating
721
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK208
Code name
Meso
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 March 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
1 June 2016 (5 years ago)
$310
Price now
$550
0.14
Value for money
0.70
N14P-GV2, ...
GPU code name
Meso
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
320
810 MHz
Core clock speed
720 / 1020 MHz
980 MHz
Boost Clock
1021 MHz
915 million
Transistor count
1,550 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
45 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
31.36
Texture fill rate
20.42
752.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
704
980 MHz
Boost clock speed
1021 MHz
915 million
Number of transistors
1,550 million
45 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
IGP
medium sized
Laptop size
medium sized
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR4/DDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
no data
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 + 64 Bit
1600 - 1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
933 / 1000 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
-
DDR3/GDDR5
Standard memory configuration
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
HDMI
no data
Up to 2048x1536
VGA аnalog display support
no data
Up to 3840x2160
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data
Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support
no data
Up to 1920x1200
LVDS signal support
no data
+
HDCP content protection
no data
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
no data
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
no data
+
Blu-Ray 3D Support
no data
+
Direct Compute
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and AMD Radeon R8 M445DX graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M or AMD Radeon R8 M445DX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Cheaper ($310 vs $550)

More pipelines (384 vs 320)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

0.01% faster in synthetic tests

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M or AMD Radeon R8 M445DX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R8 M445DX .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M versus AMD Radeon R8 M445DX performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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