GeForce GT 740A vs Radeon R9 380

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 740A and Radeon R9 380. 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 R9 380. 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 R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 475% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 740A.
  • GeForce GT 740A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GT 740A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 740A is build with Kepler 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GT 740A and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 740A is 830 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than GeForce GT 740A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Radeon R9 380
Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN
Code name GK208 Tonga Pro
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 26 August 2013 26 June 2015
Pipelines 384 1792
Core clock speed 980 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.36 108.6
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 3.5
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 404 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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