Radeon 740M vs R6 (Mullins)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R6 (Mullins) and Radeon 740M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
740M outperforms R6 (Mullins) by a whopping 1191% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1211 | 524 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 37.63 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025) |
| GPU code name | Mullins | Phoenix |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (10 years ago) | 4 January 2023 (2 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 cores | 128 | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 25,390 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 40.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.56 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 16 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 4 |
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).
| Interface | no data | 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 | no data | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 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 data | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
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 | 1−2
−2000%
| 21
+2000%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Atomic Heart | 2−3
−1450%
|
31
+1450%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−700%
|
16−18
+700%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Atomic Heart | 2−3
−1050%
|
23
+1050%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−700%
|
16−18
+700%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−750%
|
30−35
+750%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−250%
|
27−30
+250%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−186%
|
80−85
+186%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 2−3
−550%
|
13
+550%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 18−20
−578%
|
120−130
+578%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−700%
|
16−18
+700%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−1150%
|
150−160
+1150%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−750%
|
30−35
+750%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−1400%
|
14−16
+1400%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−250%
|
27−30
+250%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5
−400%
|
20−22
+400%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−186%
|
80−85
+186%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−700%
|
16−18
+700%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
−1150%
|
150−160
+1150%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−750%
|
30−35
+750%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−250%
|
27−30
+250%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5
−400%
|
20−22
+400%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−186%
|
80−85
+186%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 2−3
−2850%
|
55−60
+2850%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−567%
|
40−45
+567%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 6−7 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−1700%
|
18−20
+1700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−1100%
|
12−14
+1100%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2
−1500%
|
16−18
+1500%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−26.7%
|
18−20
+26.7%
|
| Valorant | 4−5
−900%
|
40−45
+900%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−700%
|
8−9
+700%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−250%
|
7−8
+250%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
−250%
|
7−8
+250%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 73
+0%
|
73
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 60
+0%
|
60
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 26
+0%
|
26
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 29
+0%
|
29
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Valorant | 85−90
+0%
|
85−90
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
This is how R6 (Mullins) and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:
- Radeon 740M is 2000% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 740M is 2850% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Radeon 740M is ahead in 30 tests (53%)
- there's a draw in 27 tests (47%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.55 | 7.10 |
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 4 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 4 nm |
Radeon 740M has a 1190.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R6 (Mullins) in performance tests.
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