GeForce GT 740A vs Radeon RX 560 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 740A and Radeon RX 560 mobile. 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 RX 560 mobile. 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.

Radeon RX 560 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 560 mobile 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 Radeon RX 560 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Radeon RX 560 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 55 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon RX 560 mobile has 66% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 740A.
  • GeForce GT 740A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon RX 560 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon RX 560 mobile has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GT 740A.
  • GeForce GT 740A is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 740A is build with Kepler 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 195 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 740A.
  • GeForce GT 740A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 560 mobile is 4200 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 740A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
ultra / 1080p 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 1−2 35−40
medium / 1080p 0−1 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 560 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3600% more, than GeForce GT 740A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 740A Radeon RX 560 mobile
Architecture Kepler 2.0 Polaris
Code name GK208 Polaris 11
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 26 August 2013 5 January 2017
Pipelines 384 1024
Core clock speed 980 MHz 1175 MHz
Boost Clock 1275 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 31.36 58.97
Floating-point performance 752.6 gflops 2,462 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
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
FreeSync +
Laptop size large
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