GeForce GT 740A vs Radeon R7 250

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 740A and Radeon R7 250, 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 740A stacks up against Radeon R7 250, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors N/A
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Radeon R7 250 has 127% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 740A.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GT 740A and Radeon R7 250 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 740A is build with Kepler 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GT 740A and Radeon R7 250 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 740A is 650 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

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 R7 250 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce GT 740A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Radeon R7 250
Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN
Code name GK208 Oland XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 26 August 2013 1 October 2013
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 980 MHz
Boost Clock 1050 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.36 25.20
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.5
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 117 Mh/s
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
AppAcceleration +
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