AMD Radeon HD 8870M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 8870M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

VenusGPU NameGK208
Venus XTModel numberGT 740M
GCN 1.0ArchitectureKepler 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
1,500 millionTransistors1,020 million
123 mm²Die Size87 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 1st, 2013Release DateJun 20th, 2013
Solar System
(HD 8800M)
FamilyGeForce 700M
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
LondonPredecessorGeForce 600M
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8

Memory

2 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus64 bit
72.00 GB/sBandwidth14.40 GB/s

Performance

12.40 GPixel/sPixel fillrate7.840 GPixel/s
31.00 GTexel/sTexture fillrate31.36 GTexel/s
992.0 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance752.6 GFLOPS
62.00 GFLOPS (1:16)FP64 (double) performance31.36 GFLOPS (1:24)

Clock Speeds

1125 MHz
4.5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock900 MHz
1800 Mbps effective

Render Config

640Shading Units384
40TMUs32
16ROPs8
16 KB (per CU)L1 Cache16 KB (per SMX)
256 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

unknownThermal design power (TDP)33 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

12 (11_1)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
1.2OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
5.1Shader Model5.1