Radeon 740M vs HD 8250
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 8250 and Radeon 740M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Radeon 740M outperforms HD 8250 by a whopping 1409% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 1219 | 494 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | RDNA 3 (2022−2023) |
GPU code name | Temash | Phoenix |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Release date | 1 June 2013 (11 years ago) | 23 May 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | 256 |
Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1500 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | 2500 MHz |
Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 25,390 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 4 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 30 Watt (30 - 15 Watt TGP) |
Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 40.00 |
Floating-point performance | 0.1024 gflops | no data |
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 | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
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 | no data | System Shared |
Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | System Shared |
Memory bus width | no data | System Shared |
Memory clock speed | no data | 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 outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.7 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance 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.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
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 | 4−5
−425%
|
21−24
+425%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−500%
|
18−20
+500%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−367%
|
14−16
+367%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
−2400%
|
24−27
+2400%
|
Hitman 3 | 5−6
−240%
|
16−18
+240%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−12
−355%
|
50−55
+355%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7
−383%
|
27−30
+383%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−33
−96.7%
|
55−60
+96.7%
|
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5
−425%
|
21−24
+425%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−500%
|
18−20
+500%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−367%
|
14−16
+367%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
−2400%
|
24−27
+2400%
|
Hitman 3 | 5−6
−240%
|
16−18
+240%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−12
−355%
|
50−55
+355%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7
−383%
|
27−30
+383%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
−150%
|
24−27
+150%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−33
−96.7%
|
55−60
+96.7%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5
−425%
|
21−24
+425%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−500%
|
18−20
+500%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−367%
|
14−16
+367%
|
Hitman 3 | 5−6
−240%
|
16−18
+240%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−12
−355%
|
50−55
+355%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7
−383%
|
27−30
+383%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
−150%
|
24−27
+150%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−33
−96.7%
|
55−60
+96.7%
|
1440p
High Preset
Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
−1200%
|
12−14
+1200%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 0−1 | 8−9 |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−300%
|
4−5
+300%
|
Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−900%
|
10−11
+900%
|
Hitman 3 | 6−7
−100%
|
12−14
+100%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 3−4
−500%
|
18−20
+500%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2
−5500%
|
55−60
+5500%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
−400%
|
14−16
+400%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−400%
|
5−6
+400%
|
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 4−5 |
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%
|
Far Cry 5 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
Metro Exodus | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
Far Cry 5 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
Metro Exodus | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
Far Cry 5 | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
Battlefield 5 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+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%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
Battlefield 5 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+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%
|
Far Cry 5 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+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%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 740M is 5500% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Radeon 740M is ahead in 35 tests (50%)
- there's a draw in 35 tests (50%)
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 0.56 | 8.45 |
Recency | 1 June 2013 | 23 May 2023 |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 4 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 8 Watt | 30 Watt |
HD 8250 has 275% lower power consumption.
Radeon 740M, on the other hand, has a 1408.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8250 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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