Radeon 740M vs HD Graphics 505

Place in performance ranking	1088	445
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Architecture	Gen. 9 Apollo Lake (2016−2017)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	Apollo Lake	Phoenix
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2016 (7 years ago)	23 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$659	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	18	256
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	2500 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	30 Watt (30 - 15 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	11.70	40.00
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 505 and Radeon 740M 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 3.0 x1	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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	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

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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	2.1
Vulkan	1.1.97	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.

HD Graphics 505 0.86

Radeon 740M 9.04
+951%

Radeon 740M outperforms HD Graphics 505 by 951% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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%

HD Graphics 505 354

Radeon 740M 3497
+888%

Radeon 740M outperforms HD Graphics 505 by 888% in Passmark.

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 HD

−900%

90−95
+900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−367%

14−16
+367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Hitman 3	0−1	21−24
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −233%	20−22 +233%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Hitman 3	0−1	21−24
Metro Exodus	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −433%	16−18 +433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −233%	20−22 +233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −333%	12−14 +333%
Hitman 3	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −87.5%	14−16 +87.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Hitman 3	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%

This is how HD Graphics 505 and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:

Radeon 740M is 900% faster in 1080p

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 740M is 1200% faster than the HD Graphics 505.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, Radeon 740M surpassed HD Graphics 505 in all 25 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.86	9.04
Recency	1 September 2016	23 May 2023
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	30 Watt