Radeon 740M vs GeForce GTX 460 768MB
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 460 768MB and Radeon 740M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
740M outperforms GTX 460 768MB by an impressive 90% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 666 | 501 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 38.24 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | no data | Phoenix |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | 4 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
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 cores | 336 | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 25,390 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 40.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.56 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 16 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 4 |
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).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | System Shared |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 Connectors | no data | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 44
+100%
| 22
−100%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
−75%
|
14−16
+75%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14
−75%
|
21−24
+75%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5
−225%
|
12−14
+225%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 10−11
−170%
|
27−30
+170%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
−80%
|
18−20
+80%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
−75%
|
14−16
+75%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10
−122%
|
20−22
+122%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 12−14
−108%
|
24−27
+108%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30
−119%
|
55−60
+119%
|
| Hitman 3 | 10−11
−70%
|
16−18
+70%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 27−30
−72.4%
|
50−55
+72.4%
|
| Metro Exodus | 9−10
−200%
|
27−30
+200%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12
−118%
|
24−27
+118%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 16−18
−81.3%
|
27−30
+81.3%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 40−45
−34.1%
|
55−60
+34.1%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14
−75%
|
21−24
+75%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5
−225%
|
12−14
+225%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 10−11
−170%
|
27−30
+170%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
−80%
|
18−20
+80%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
−75%
|
14−16
+75%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10
−122%
|
20−22
+122%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 12−14
−108%
|
24−27
+108%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30
−119%
|
55−60
+119%
|
| Hitman 3 | 10−11
−70%
|
16−18
+70%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 27−30
−72.4%
|
50−55
+72.4%
|
| Metro Exodus | 9−10
−200%
|
27−30
+200%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12
−118%
|
24−27
+118%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 16−18
−81.3%
|
27−30
+81.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 16−18
−47.1%
|
24−27
+47.1%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 40−45
−34.1%
|
55−60
+34.1%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14
−75%
|
21−24
+75%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5
−225%
|
12−14
+225%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
−80%
|
18−20
+80%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9
−75%
|
14−16
+75%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10
−122%
|
20−22
+122%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30
−119%
|
55−60
+119%
|
| Hitman 3 | 10−11
−70%
|
16−18
+70%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 27−30
−72.4%
|
50−55
+72.4%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 16−18
−81.3%
|
27−30
+81.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 16−18
−47.1%
|
24−27
+47.1%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 40−45
−34.1%
|
55−60
+34.1%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 10−12
−118%
|
24−27
+118%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 8−9
−113%
|
16−18
+113%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8
−85.7%
|
12−14
+85.7%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5
−100%
|
8−9
+100%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
−125%
|
9−10
+125%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−100%
|
4−5
+100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
−100%
|
10−11
+100%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−414%
|
35−40
+414%
|
| Hitman 3 | 9−10
−33.3%
|
12−14
+33.3%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11
−80%
|
18−20
+80%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−1100%
|
12−14
+1100%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
−167%
|
8−9
+167%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−107%
|
55−60
+107%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 8−9
−87.5%
|
14−16
+87.5%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−167%
|
8−9
+167%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−100%
|
6−7
+100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 1−2
−400%
|
5−6
+400%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3
−1600%
|
30−35
+1600%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−500%
|
6−7
+500%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 | 6−7 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−66.7%
|
5−6
+66.7%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3
−100%
|
4−5
+100%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−100%
|
4−5
+100%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−150%
|
5−6
+150%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−233%
|
10−11
+233%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2
−200%
|
3−4
+200%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6
−80%
|
9−10
+80%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
This is how GTX 460 768MB and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:
- GTX 460 768MB is 100% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 740M is 1600% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Radeon 740M is ahead in 67 tests (96%)
- there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.35 | 8.26 |
Radeon 740M has a 89.9% higher aggregate performance score.
The Radeon 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 768MB in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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