AMD Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	766	763
Value for money	0.11	0.33
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	N14P-GV2, ...	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 March 2013 (9 years old)	15 May 2012 (10 years old)
Current price	$310	$105

Technical specs

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	384	736
Core clock speed	810 MHz	655 / 600 MHz
Boost clock speed	980 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	915 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32/40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	45 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	31.36	no data
Floating-point performance	752.6 gflops	no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce GT 740M and Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics 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.

Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Standard memory configuration	DDR3/GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 - 1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Video outputs and ports

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	no data
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP content protection	+	no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	no data

Technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	+	no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 API	11
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GT 740M and Radeon HD 7500G + HD 7550M Dual Graphics. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

44 Mh/s

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

16

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Popular games

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance rating	2.00	2.02
Recency	1 March 2013	15 May 2012
Memory bus width	64	128
Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	736
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm

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