Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GT 740 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 889 days older than the more expensive GeForce GT 740.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 64 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 17% better in Far Cry 6 than GeForce GT 740 - 74 vs 63 FPS
- Up to 30% cheaper than GeForce GT 740 - $127.96 vs $182.79
- Up to 40% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than GeForce GT 740 - $1.92 vs $3.22 per FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 3 vs 1 GB
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Buy for €202.9 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 12229 minutes ago
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
74
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.92/FPS
100%
Price, €
€142.04
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for €142.04 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 12230 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
7.944 GPixel/s
26%
Texel Fillrate
31.78 GTexel/s
26%
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
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May 29th, 2014 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
GeForce 700 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$89 | MSRP | $549 |
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
1 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
80.19 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
993 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1253 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |