NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M270
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
VS
AMD Radeon R7 M270

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon R7 M270. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

539
Place in performance rating
738
11.25
Value for money (0-100)
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Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK107
Code name
Opal
Desktop
Type
Laptop
29 May 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
$89
Launch price (MSRP)
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$168 (1.9x MSRP)
Price now
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1.99
Value for money
no data
GK107
GPU code name
Opal XT / Mars
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon R7 M270 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
384
993 MHz
Core clock speed
825 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
950 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
64 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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31.78
Texture fill rate
19.80
762.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
633.6 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1,270 million
Number of transistors
950 million
64 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon R7 M270.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
145 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
medium sized
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 740 and AMD Radeon R7 M270 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
Not Listed
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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128 Bit
Memory bus width
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5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
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80.19 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon R7 M270, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon R7 M270 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
+
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Enduro
-
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DualGraphics
1
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Switchable graphics
1
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Zero Core
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon R7 M270. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and AMD Radeon R7 M270 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 740 or AMD Radeon R7 M270 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
AMD Radeon R7 M270
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
AMD Radeon R7 M270
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
AMD Radeon R7 M270
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
AMD Radeon R7 M270
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
AMD Radeon R7 M270
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 740

3.52% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (80.19 GB/s vs 28.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 M270

There is no accountable advantage

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 or AMD Radeon R7 M270?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 versus AMD Radeon R7 M270 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
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