GeForce GT 740A vs Mobility Radeon HD 5830

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 740A and Mobility Radeon HD 5830. 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5830. 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.

Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5830 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 5830 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Mobility Radeon HD 5830
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 24 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GT 740A has 37% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
  • GeForce GT 740A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Mobility Radeon HD 5830 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GT 740A has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
  • GeForce GT 740A is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5830 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 740A is build with Kepler 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5830 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 740A is 480 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.
  • GeForce GT 740A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5830 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 740A is 1000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5830.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 4−5
ultra / 1080p 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 16−18
medium / 1080p 0−1 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5830 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than GeForce GT 740A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Mobility Radeon HD 5830
Architecture Kepler 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GK208 Broadway
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 26 August 2013 7 January 2010
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 980 MHz 500 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 31.36 20.00
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.5
Laptop size large
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