NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6550A
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6550A

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6550A.

757
Place in performance rating
758
Kepler 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GK208
Code name
Pinewood
Desktop
Type
Desktop
26 August 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
7 February 2011 (10 years ago)
GK208
GPU code name
Pinewood
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6550A in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

384
Pipelines
480
980 MHz
Core clock speed
550 MHz
915 million
Transistor count
627 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
31.36
Texture fill rate
13.20
752.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
624.0 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
915 million
Number of transistors
627 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A and AMD Radeon HD 6550A come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A and AMD Radeon HD 6550A is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A and AMD Radeon HD 6550A graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A or AMD Radeon HD 6550A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
AMD Radeon HD 6550A
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 35 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6550A

0.01% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (480 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (25.6 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A or AMD Radeon HD 6550A?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6550A .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A versus AMD Radeon HD 6550A performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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