Radeon 740M vs HD Graphics (Broadwell)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Broadwell) with Radeon 740M, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Broadwell)
2015
0.96

740M outperforms HD Graphics (Broadwell) by a whopping 760% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1112502
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data39.73
ArchitectureGen. 8 Broadwell (2015)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT1Phoenix
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2015 (9 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 cores12256
Core clock speed100 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz2500 MHz
Number of transistorsno data25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data40.00
Floating-point processing powerno data2.56 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data16
Ray Tracing Coresno data4

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem 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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
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 HD2−3
−1000%
22
+1000%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1900%
20−22
+1900%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Hitman 3 5−6
−240%
16−18
+240%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−314%
27−30
+314%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−90.3%
55−60
+90.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1900%
20−22
+1900%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1150%
24−27
+1150%
Hitman 3 5−6
−240%
16−18
+240%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−314%
27−30
+314%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−150%
24−27
+150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−90.3%
55−60
+90.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1900%
20−22
+1900%
Hitman 3 5−6
−240%
16−18
+240%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−314%
27−30
+314%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−150%
24−27
+150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−90.3%
55−60
+90.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Hitman 3 7−8
−71.4%
12−14
+71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−350%
18−20
+350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 8−9
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−1300%
55−60
+1300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−400%
14−16
+400%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 6−7

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 4−5
Far Cry 5 0−1 5−6

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Hitman 3 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Metro Exodus 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

This is how HD Graphics (Broadwell) and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 740M is 1000% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 740M is 2300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 740M is ahead in 43 tests (63%)
  • there's a draw in 25 tests (37%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.96 8.26
Recency 5 January 2015 4 January 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm

Radeon 740M has a 760.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Broadwell) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Broadwell) is a notebook card while Radeon 740M is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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