GeForce GT 740 vs Radeon HD 6950

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 740 and Radeon HD 6950, 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 HD 6950, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 740 Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 681% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 740.
  • GeForce GT 740 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6950 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 HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • GeForce GT 740 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6950 is 122 mm longer, than GeForce GT 740.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 740 is 3762 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 14−16
ultra / 1080p 4−5 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 16−18 27−30
medium / 1080p 8−9 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 88% more, than GeForce GT 740.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 740 Radeon HD 6950
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 3
Code name GK107 Cayman
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 29 May 2014 14 December 2010
Pipelines 384 1408
Core clock speed 993 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 31.78 70.40
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 145 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
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