Radeon 740M vs Sky 500

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Aggregate performance score

Sky 500
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
12.32
+36.7%

Sky 500 outperforms 740M by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking373451
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.57no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)RDNA 3
GPU code namePitcairnPhoenix
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 March 2013 (11 years ago)23 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$129 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1280256
Core clock speed950 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2500 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt30 Watt (30 - 15 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate76.0040.00
Floating-point performance2,432 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Sky 500 and Radeon 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.

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length242 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed4800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth154 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
DisplayPort count1no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

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.

Sky 500 12.32
+36.7%
Radeon 740M 9.01

Sky 500 outperforms 740M by 37% 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%

Sky 500 4763
+36.7%
Radeon 740M 3485

Sky 500 outperforms 740M by 37% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.32 9.01
Recency 27 March 2013 23 May 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 30 Watt

The Radeon Sky 500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 740M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Sky 500 is a desktop card while Radeon 740M is a notebook one.


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

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