Radeon R5 A240 vs GeForce GT 740

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 740 and Radeon R5 A240, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 740
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 64 Watt
3.84
+158%

GT 740 outperforms R5 A240 by a whopping 158% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking705979
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency4.112.04
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK107Oland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2014 (10 years ago)2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384320
Core clock speed993 MHz1030 MHz
Boost clock speedno data780 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)64 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate31.7815.60
Floating-point processing power0.7626 TFLOPSno data
ROPs168
TMUs3220

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s28.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x VGA
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.170
CUDA3.0-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 740 3.84
+158%
R5 A240 1.49

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 740 1478
+157%
R5 A240 576

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.84 1.49
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 50 Watt

GT 740 has a 157.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

R5 A240, on the other hand, has 28% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GT 740 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 A240 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
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