Radeon 740M vs R7 (Carrizo)

Place in the ranking	883	499
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.96	38.41
Architecture	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Carrizo	Phoenix
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 June 2015 (9 years ago)	4 January 2023 (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 cores	512	256
Core clock speed	no data	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	2500 MHz
Number of transistors	2410 Million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	no data	IGP
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	64/128 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 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

−144%

22
+144%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−250%

14−16
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −200%	21−24 +200%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −400%	24−27 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −743%	55−60 +743%
Hitman 3	6−7 −183%	16−18 +183%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −190%	27−30 +190%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −68.6%	55−60 +68.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −200%	21−24 +200%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −400%	24−27 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −743%	55−60 +743%
Hitman 3	6−7 −183%	16−18 +183%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −190%	27−30 +190%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 −78.6%	24−27 +78.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −68.6%	55−60 +68.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −200%	21−24 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −743%	55−60 +743%
Hitman 3	6−7 −183%	16−18 +183%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −194%	50−55 +194%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −190%	27−30 +190%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −108%	24−27 +108%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −68.6%	55−60 +68.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−500%

24−27
+500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −467%	16−18 +467%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −333%	12−14 +333%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Hitman 3	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −200%	18−20 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 −409%	55−60 +409%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−200%

14−16
+200%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−500%

6−7
+500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	4−5
Far Cry 5	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−200%

9−10
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

12−14

+0%

12−14

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how R7 (Carrizo) and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:

Radeon 740M is 144% faster in 1080p

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 740M is 2600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Radeon 740M is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.00	8.32
Recency	4 June 2015	4 January 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	15 Watt

R7 (Carrizo) has 25% lower power consumption.

Radeon 740M, on the other hand, has a 316% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 740M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 (Carrizo) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while Radeon 740M is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.