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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 AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 29% better in HITMAN 3 than GeForce GT 740 - 71 vs 55 FPS
- Up to 30% cheaper than GeForce GT 740 - $175.0 vs $249.99
- Up to 46% better value when playing HITMAN 3 than GeForce GT 740 - $2.46 vs $4.55 per FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 3 vs 1 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 64 vs 250 Watts
HITMAN 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
71
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.46/FPS
100%
Price, $
$175
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
7.944 GPixel/s
26%
Texel Fillrate
31.78 GTexel/s
26%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22nd, 2011 | Release Date | May 29th, 2014 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | GeForce 700 |
$549 | MSRP | $89 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
3 GB | Memory | 1 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
264 GB/s | Bandwidth | 80.19 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 993 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1375 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1253 MHz |
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