GeForce GT 740 vs Radeon E8860

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 740 and Radeon E8860, 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 Radeon E8860, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 740 Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 37 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GT 740 has 72% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon E8860 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GT 740.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 740 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 740 is 418 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce GT 740 and Radeon E8860 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 740 is 512 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 7−8
ultra / 1080p 4−5 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 18−20
medium / 1080p 8−9 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon E8860 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than GeForce GT 740.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 740 Radeon E8860
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK107 Venus
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 29 May 2014 25 January 2014
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 993 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.78 25.00
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops 800.0 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 25 Mh/s 48 Mh/s
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