GeForce GT 740M vs Radeon R9 M385
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740M |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 M385 |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports FreeSync |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports TrueAudio |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 M385
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 740M | | Radeon R9 M385 | |
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GPU Name | GK208 (GT 740M) | vs | Strato (Strato XT) |
Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 87 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
Transistors | unknown | vs | 2,080 million |
Shaders | 384 | vs | 896 |
Compute Units | 2 | vs | 14 |
Core clock | 980 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
ROPs | 8 | vs | 16 |
TMUs | 16 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 740M | | Radeon R9 M385 | |
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Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 740M | | Radeon R9 M385 | |
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TDP | 33 watts | vs | 0 watts |
Release Date | 20 Jun 2013 | vs | 5 May 2015 |
GeForce GT 740M
7.84 GP/s
Radeon R9 M385
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 740M
15.68 GT/s
Radeon R9 M385
56.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 740M
14.40 GB/s
Radeon R9 M385
76.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 740M
752.60 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 M385
1792.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better