Radeon 740M vs R6 (Mullins)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R6 (Mullins) with Radeon 740M, including specs and performance data.

R6 (Mullins)
2014
0.56

740M outperforms R6 (Mullins) by a whopping 1139% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1257578
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data12.47
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025)
GPU code nameMullinsPhoenix2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 April 2014 (11 years ago)31 January 2024 (1 year 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 cores128256
Core clock speed500 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2800 MHz
Number of transistorsno data20,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data44.80
Floating-point processing powerno data2.867 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data16
Ray Tracing Coresno data4
L0 Cacheno data64 KB
L1 Cacheno data64 KB
L2 Cacheno data2 MB

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 dataMotherboard Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.3

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R6 (Mullins) 0.56
Radeon 740M 6.94
+1139%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R6 (Mullins) 2258
Radeon 740M 30557
+1253%

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 HD1−2
−2000%
21
+2000%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−340%
22
+340%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
Far Cry 5 0−1 24−27
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−560%
30−35
+560%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−240%
17
+240%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
Valorant 27−30
−179%
75−80
+179%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 18−20
−561%
110−120
+561%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
Dota 2 12−14
−1067%
140−150
+1067%
Far Cry 5 0−1 24−27
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−560%
30−35
+560%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−160%
13
+160%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−300%
20−22
+300%
Valorant 27−30
−179%
75−80
+179%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
Dota 2 12−14
−1067%
140−150
+1067%
Far Cry 5 0−1 24−27
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−560%
30−35
+560%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
−100%
10
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−238%
27−30
+238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−300%
20−22
+300%
Valorant 27−30
−179%
75−80
+179%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 2−3
−2750%
55−60
+2750%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%
Hogwarts Legacy 0−1 8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−26.7%
18−20
+26.7%
Valorant 3−4
−1167%
35−40
+1167%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 73
+0%
73
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 60
+0%
60
+0%
Fortnite 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 26
+0%
26
+0%
Fortnite 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 27
+0%
27
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4
+0%
3−4
+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 2750% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 740M performs better in 31 tests (53%)
  • there's a draw in 28 tests (47%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.56 6.94
Recency 29 April 2014 31 January 2024
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm

Radeon 740M has a 1139.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 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.

Be aware that Radeon R6 (Mullins) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 740M is a desktop one.

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