Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs AMD Radeon 740M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs AMD Radeon 740M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD Radeon 740M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
50
41
26
30
13
13
n/a
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
11
12
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
29
18
13
n/a
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
23
18
11
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
22
20
15
9
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
13
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
11
9
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
19
17
12
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High7219
1080p Ultra5514
1440p Ultra3910
4K Ultra21-
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
AMD Radeon 740M
1421
Time Spy58561645
Solar Bayn/a5823
Port Royal3250722
Fire Strike195065118
Night Raid7000121927
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
AMD Radeon 740M
12774
Background Blur134.8 frames/s31.6 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s15.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec0.44 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec0.56 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec0.47 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.17 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec47 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps1815.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
AMD Radeon 740M
3212
G2D Mark853810
DirectX 11106 fps27 fps
DirectX 1255 fps18 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s1756 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
AMD Radeon 740M
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fpsn/a
Car Chase375.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex1867.7 fpsn/a
ALU 21803.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2264 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2238.8n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced June, 2, 2015 January, 4, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename GM200 Phoenix
Price 649 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 2500-2800 MHz
Shader Units 2816 256
TMUs 176 16
ROPs 96 8
Execution Units 22 4
Ray Tracing Cores No 4
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 20-22 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 40-45 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 1.3-1.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 250 W 15 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 4 nm
Max temperature n/a 95 °C
Transistor Size 601 mm² 178 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz n/a
Bus 384 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
AMD Radeon 740M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 n/a
DisplayPort 1.2 2.1
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

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