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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon HD 7970 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GT 740 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon HD 7970 is 889 days older than the more expensive GeForce GT 740.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 64 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Performs up to 155% better in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than GeForce GT 740 - 28 vs 11 FPS
- Up to 7% cheaper than GeForce GT 740 - $175.0 vs $188.02
- Up to 63% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than GeForce GT 740 - $6.25 vs $17.09 per FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 3 vs 1 GB
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
FPS
11
39.285714285714285%
Value, $/FPS
$17.09/FPS
36.57109420713868%
Price, $
$188.02
93%
EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked Single Slot 4GB DDR3 Graphics Cards 04G-P4-2744-KR
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Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
28
100%
Value, $/FPS
$6.25/FPS
100%
Price, $
$175
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
7.944 GPixel/s
26.837837837837835%
Texel Fillrate
31.78 GTexel/s
26.841216216216218%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
May 29th, 2014 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 700 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$89 | MSRP | $549 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 80.19 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
993 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
| 1253 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
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