GeForce GT 740M vs Radeon HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

ATI HD 5870
2009
1 GB GDDR5, 188 Watt
5.72
+179%

Radeon HD 5870 outperforms GeForce GT 740M by a whopping 179% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking565838
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.970.17
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameCypressN14P-GV2, ...
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 September 2009 (14 years ago)1 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data
Current price$125 (0.3x MSRP)$310

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 5870 has 471% better value for money than GT 740M.

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 cores1600384
Core clock speed850 MHz810 MHz
Boost clock speedno data980 MHz
Number of transistors2,154 million915 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)188 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate68.0031.36
Floating-point performance2,720.0 gflops752.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce GT 740M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length282 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Standard memory configurationno dataDDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus width256 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz1600 - 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
LVDS signal supportno dataUp to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display supportno dataUp to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
HDMI++
HDCP content protectionno data+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMIno data+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreamingno data+

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Supportno data+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoderno data+
Optimusno data+
3D Vision / 3DTV Playno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 API
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.5
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDAno data+

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.

ATI HD 5870 5.72
+179%
GT 740M 2.05

Radeon HD 5870 outperforms GeForce GT 740M by 179% based on our aggregate 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%

ATI HD 5870 2212
+179%
GT 740M 792

Radeon HD 5870 outperforms GeForce GT 740M by 179% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

ATI HD 5870 2530
+120%
GT 740M 1151

Radeon HD 5870 outperforms GeForce GT 740M by 120% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD40−45
+150%
16
−150%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.72 2.05
Recency 23 September 2009 1 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt 45 Watt

The Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 740M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5870 is a desktop card while GeForce GT 740M is a notebook one.


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