GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102 vs GT 740M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking871not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.32no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK208GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date20 June 2013 (11 years ago)21 October 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3846144
Core clock speed980 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors915 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt290 Watt
Texture fill rate31.36339.8
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPS21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs32192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3/GDDR5no data
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s608.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI++
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2013 21 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 290 Watt

GT 740M has 544.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 740M and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 740M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB GA102 is a desktop one.


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