Radeon 740M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 9.00% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
AMD started Radeon 740M sales 23 May 2023. This is a laptop graphics card based on a RDNA 3 architecture and made with 4 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. Power consumption is at 30 Watt (30 - 15 Watt TGP).
Primary Details
Some basic facts about Radeon 740M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | 446 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | RDNA 3 | |
GPU code name | Phoenix | |
Market segment | Laptop | |
Release date | 23 May 2023 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed Specifications
Radeon 740M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon 740M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 256 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Core clock speed | 1500 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Boost clock speed | 2500 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
Number of transistors | 25,390 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | |
Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt (30 - 15 Watt TGP) | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 40.00 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form Factor & Compatibility
Information on Radeon 740M's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | |
Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM Capacity and Type
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon 740M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | System Shared | |
Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | System Shared | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | System Shared | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Shared memory | + |
Connectivity and Outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon 740M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent |
API Compatibility
APIs supported by Radeon 740M, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
Shader Model | 6.7 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 2.1 | |
Vulkan | 1.3 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon 740M. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon 740M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 14−16 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 18−20 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14 | |
Battlefield 5 | 30−33 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 24−27 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 14−16 | |
Far Cry 5 | 21−24 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 24−27 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35 | |
Hitman 3 | 21−24 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 16−18 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 18−20 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 14−16 |
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 18−20 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14 | |
Battlefield 5 | 30−33 | |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 24−27 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 14−16 | |
Far Cry 5 | 21−24 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 24−27 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35 | |
Hitman 3 | 21−24 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20 | |
Metro Exodus | 12−14 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 16−18 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 18−20 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 14−16 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 18−20 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 12−14 | |
Battlefield 5 | 30−33 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 14−16 | |
Far Cry 5 | 21−24 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 24−27 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 14−16 |
1440p
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14 | |
Hitman 3 | 14−16 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16 | |
Metro Exodus | 7−8 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 8−9 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 5−6 | |
Battlefield 5 | 14−16 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 14−16 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 4−5 |
4K
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 6−7 | |
Hitman 3 | 8−9 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9 | |
Metro Exodus | 3−4 | |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5 | |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7 |
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6 | |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 4−5 | |
Battlefield 5 | 6−7 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
Far Cry 5 | 7−8 | |
Far Cry New Dawn | 10−11 | |
Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12 | |
Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon 740M is GeForce GTX 870M, which is slower by 1% and lower by 7 positions in our ranking.
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