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GeForce GT 740 vs Radeon RX 580

GeForce GT 740 vs Radeon RX 580: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

GeForce GT 740

1 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

Buy for £78.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 535 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition OC 8 GB GDDR5 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-D Graphics Card - Black

Buy for £143.05 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 535 minutes ago

GeForce GT 740

1 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

Buy for £78.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 535 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition OC 8 GB GDDR5 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-D Graphics Card - Black

Buy for £143.05 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 535 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 580 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GT 740 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GT 740 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 580 is 1055 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GT 740.

Advantages of GeForce GT 740

  • Up to 45% cheaper than Radeon RX 580 - £78.11 vs £143.05
  • Up to 16% better value when playing No Man's Sky than Radeon RX 580 - £1.22 vs £1.46 per FPS
  • Consumes up to 65% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 580 - 64 vs 185 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 580

  • Performs up to 53% better in No Man's Sky than GeForce GT 740 - 98 vs 64 FPS
  • Up to 700% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 8 vs 1 GB
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No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014


FPS

64

65%

Value, £/FPS

£1.22/FPS

100%

Price, £

£78.11

100%

Value Winner

Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

Buy for £78.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 535 minutes ago

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


FPS

98

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.46/FPS

84%

Price, £

£143.05

54%

FPS Winner

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition OC 8 GB GDDR5 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-D Graphics Card - Black

Buy for £143.05 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 535 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

7.944 GPixel/s

19%

Texel Fillrate

31.78 GTexel/s

16%

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

42.88 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

193 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo

GeForce GT 740

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AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo

Radeon RX 580

May 29th, 2014Release Date
Apr 18th, 2017
GeForce 700GenerationPolaris
$89
MSRP$229
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIOutputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR5
128-bitBus256-bit
80.19 GB/sBandwidth
256 GB/s
993 MHzBase Clock Speed
1257 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1340 MHz
1253 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

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