GeForce GT 740 vs Radeon HD 7990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 740 and Radeon HD 7990. 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 740 and Radeon HD 7990. 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 740 Radeon HD 7990
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7990 has 485% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 740.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon HD 7990 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GT 740.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 740 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7990 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 740 is 43 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7990.
  • GeForce GT 740 and Radeon HD 7990 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7990 is 162 mm longer, than GeForce GT 740.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 988 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 740.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 8−9 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than GeForce GT 740.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 740 Radeon HD 7990
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK107 Malta
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 29 May 2014 24 April 2013
Pipelines 384 2048
Core clock speed 993 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.78 128.0
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops 2x 4,096 gflops
Length 145 mm 307 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB/s 288.0 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 3.0
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