GeForce GT 740A vs Radeon HD 7730

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 740A and Radeon HD 7730. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GT 740A and Radeon HD 7730. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Radeon HD 7730
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 47 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7730 has 42% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 740A.
  • GeForce GT 740A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 7730 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GT 740A has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7730.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 740A is build with Kepler 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7730 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 740A is 180 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7730.
  • GeForce GT 740A and Radeon HD 7730 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7730 is 2700 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 740A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7730 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce GT 740A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Radeon HD 7730
Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GK208 Cape Verde
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 26 August 2013 1 May 2013
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 980 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.36 19.20
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 614.4 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 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 3.5
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