GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs GeForce GT 740
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 4GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB and 1024MB VRAM GeForce GT 740 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 8 months late
Boost Clock1740MHz
More VRAM (4GB vs 1024GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (192.0GB/s vs 80.19GB/s)
1664 additional rendering cores
GeForce GT 740 's Advantages
Lower TDP (64W vs 90W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
+834%
7127
GeForce GT 740
763
Graphics Card
Jan 2022
Release Date
May 2014
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 700
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x8
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1545 MHz
Base Clock
-
1740 MHz
Boost Clock
-
1500 MHz
Memory Clock
1253 MHz
Memory
4GB
Memory Size
1024MB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR5
128bit
Memory Bus
128bit
192.0GB/s
Bandwidth
80.19GB/s
Render Config
16
SM Count
-
2048
Shading Units
384
64
TMUs
32
32
ROPs
16
64
Tensor Cores
-
16
RT Cores
-
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
16 KB (per SMX)
2 MB
L2 Cache
256 KB
Theoretical Performance
55.68 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
7.944 GPixel/s
111.4 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
31.78 GTexel/s
7.127 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
-
7.127 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
762.6 GFLOPS
111.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
31.78 GFLOPS
Board Design
90W
TDP
64W
250 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
2x DVI
1x mini-HDMI 1.4a
1x 6-pin
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
Graphics Processor
GA107
GPU Name
GK107
GA107-140-A1
GPU Variant
GK107-425-A2
Ampere
Architecture
Kepler
Samsung
Foundry
TSMC
8 nm
Process Size
28 nm
8.7 billion
Transistors
1.27 billion
200 mm²
Die Size
118 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.1
8.6
CUDA
3.0
6.7
Shader Model
5.1
