GeForce GT 740 vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 740 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GT 740 stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire here:
Main Specs
GeForce GT 740
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP)
64 Watt
120 Watt
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2x1 GB
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 87% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 740.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GT 740.
GeForce GT 740 is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - in Laptops.
GeForce GT 740 is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
Core clock speed of GeForce GT 740 is 293 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
GeForce GT 740 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 740 is 4012 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
7−8
16−18
ultra / 1080p
4−5
9−10
QHD / 1440p
0−1
4−5
low / 720p
16−18
30−35
medium / 1080p
8−9
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 111% more, than GeForce GT 740.
high / 1080p
12−14
24−27
ultra / 1080p
10−11
21−24
QHD / 1440p
0−1
8−9
4K / 2160p
−
6−7
low / 720p
24−27
50−55
medium / 1080p
12−14
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Battlefield 5 is 113% more, than GeForce GT 740.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
45−50
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
GeForce GT 740 and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
140−150
210−220
medium / 768p
110−120
180−190
ultra / 1080p
55−60
100−110
QHD / 1440p
30−33
50−55
4K / 2160p
27−30
30−35
high / 768p
80−85
140−150
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 60% more, than GeForce GT 740.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
20−22
40−45
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Cyberpunk 2077 is 16% more, than GeForce GT 740.
low / 768p
80−85
110−120
medium / 768p
60−65
95−100
ultra / 1080p
35−40
65−70
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Dota 2 is 55% more, than GeForce GT 740.
high / 1080p
8−9
18−20
ultra / 1080p
8−9
16−18
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
4K / 2160p
3−4
6−7
low / 720p
20−22
40−45
medium / 1080p
9−10
20−22
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Far Cry 5 is 110% more, than GeForce GT 740.
high / 1080p
14−16
24−27
ultra / 1080p
10−12
20−22
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
low / 720p
60−65
100−110
medium / 1080p
24−27
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Fortnite is 85% more, than GeForce GT 740.
high / 1080p
12−14
27−30
ultra / 1080p
10−12
21−24
QHD / 1440p
1−2
9−10
4K / 2160p
−
9−10
low / 720p
27−30
55−60
medium / 1080p
14−16
30−33
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Forza Horizon 4 is 123% more, than GeForce GT 740.
low / 768p
55−60
85−90
medium / 768p
45−50
75−80
high / 1080p
12−14
30−35
ultra / 1080p
6−7
12−14
QHD / 1440p
0−1
3−4
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Grand Theft Auto V is 67% more, than GeForce GT 740.
high / 1080p
5−6
10−11
ultra / 1080p
3−4
8−9
4K / 2160p
0−1
3−4
low / 720p
12−14
30−35
medium / 1080p
6−7
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Metro Exodus is 128% more, than GeForce GT 740.
low / 768p
95−100
110−120
high / 1080p
90−95
−
ultra / 1080p
80−85
−
medium / 1080p
90−95
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Minecraft is 15% more, than GeForce GT 740.
high / 1080p
16−18
21−24
ultra / 1080p
14−16
18−20
low / 720p
30−35
55−60
medium / 1080p
18−20
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 55% more, than GeForce GT 740.
high / 1080p
−
14−16
ultra / 1080p
7−8
10−11
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
30−33
medium / 1080p
10−12
16−18
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 90% more, than GeForce GT 740.
low / 768p
24−27
55−60
medium / 768p
16−18
35−40
high / 1080p
9−10
20−22
ultra / 1080p
6−7
10−12
4K / 2160p
6−7
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 107% more, than GeForce GT 740.
low / 768p
85−90
100−110
medium / 768p
45−50
60−65
ultra / 1080p
20−22
35−40
high / 768p
35−40
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in World of Tanks is 35% more, than GeForce GT 740.
Full Specs
GeForce GT 740
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Architecture
Kepler
Terascale 2
Code name
GK107
Broadway-XT
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
29 May 2014
7 January 2010
Pipelines
384
1600
Core clock speed
993 MHz
700 MHz
Transistor count
1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
31.78
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
Length
145 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model
5.1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
1.1.126
CUDA
3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
25 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
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