GeForce GTS 350M vs Radeon HD 6740G2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6740G2 and GeForce GTS 350M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 6740G2
2011
1.57
+72.5%

HD 6740G2 outperforms GTS 350M by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9801161
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.48
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameno dataGT215
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 June 2011 (14 years ago)7 January 2010 (15 years ago)

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 cores88096
Core clock speedno data500 MHz
Number of transistorsno data727 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data28 Watt
Texture fill rateno data16.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.24 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data360
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data32

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataMXM-II
SLI options-+
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno dataUp to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataDisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX1111.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
God of War 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Fortnite 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
God of War 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Valorant 35−40
+16.7%
30−33
−16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30−35
+47.8%
21−24
−47.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Dota 2 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Fortnite 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
God of War 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Valorant 35−40
+16.7%
30−33
−16.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Dota 2 18−20
+35.7%
14−16
−35.7%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
God of War 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Valorant 35−40
+16.7%
30−33
−16.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Valorant 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
God of War 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
God of War 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

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

  • in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 6740G2 is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6740G2 performs better in 36 tests (95%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.57 0.91
Recency 14 June 2011 7 January 2010

HD 6740G2 has a 72.5% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The Radeon HD 6740G2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 350M in performance tests.

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