Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 590 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 RX 590 is 1631 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GT 740.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
- Consumes up to 63% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 590 - 64 vs 175 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590
- Performs up to 20% better in Valorant than GeForce GT 740 - 600 vs 498 FPS
- Up to 52% cheaper than GeForce GT 740 - $119.99 vs $249.99
- Up to 60% better value when playing Valorant than GeForce GT 740 - $0.2 vs $0.5 per FPS
- Up to 700% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 8 vs 1 GB
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
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In Stock
Updated 62 minutes ago
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
FPS
600
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.2/FPS
100%
Price, $
$119.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $119.99 on Amazon
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
7.944 GPixel/s
16%
Texel Fillrate
31.78 GTexel/s
14%
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
222.5 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 590 |
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May 29th, 2014 | Release Date | Nov 15th, 2018 |
GeForce 700 | Generation | Polaris |
$89 | MSRP | $279 |
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
1 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
80.19 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
993 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1469 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1545 MHz |
1253 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |