ATI Radeon 7000 vs HD 8740 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1533
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.03
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameCape VerdeRV100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 September 2013 (11 years ago)19 February 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data

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 cores512no data
Core clock speed800 MHz183 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate25.600.55
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPSno data
ROPs161
TMUs323

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 x16AGP 4x
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz183 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s2.928 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 September 2013 19 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 23 Watt

HD 8740 OEM has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 7000, on the other hand, has 139.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8740 OEM and Radeon 7000. We've got no test results to judge.


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