GeForce GT 740A vs Radeon RX 550

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 740A and Radeon RX 550, 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 RX 550, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Radeon RX 550
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 550 has 51% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 740A.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon RX 550 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 RX 550 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 120 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 740A.
  • GeForce GT 740A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 550 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 550 is 5200 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 740A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 1−2 30−33
medium / 1080p 0−1 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 550 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3000% more, than GeForce GT 740A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Radeon RX 550
Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN 4.0
Code name GK208 Lexa
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 26 August 2013 20 April 2017
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 980 MHz 1100 MHz
Boost Clock 1183 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 31.36 37.86
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 1,211 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.5
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