GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs GeForce GT 740 OEM
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 12GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and 1024MB VRAM GeForce GT 740 OEM to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Advantages
Released 6 years and 9 months late
Boost Clock1710MHz
More VRAM (12GB vs 1024GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (912.4GB/s vs 80.19GB/s)
8576 additional rendering cores
GeForce GT 740 OEM Advantages
Lower TDP (65W vs 350W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+3863%
30640
GeForce GT 740 OEM
773
Blender
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+11447%
5543
GeForce GT 740 OEM
48
OctaneBench
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+4176%
556
GeForce GT 740 OEM
13
Graphics Card
Jan 2022
Release Date
Apr 2015
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 700
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1260 MHz
Base Clock
-
1710 MHz
Boost Clock
-
1188 MHz
Memory Clock
1253 MHz
Memory
12GB
Memory Size
1024MB
GDDR6X
Memory Type
GDDR5
384bit
Memory Bus
128bit
912.4GB/s
Bandwidth
80.19GB/s
Render Config
70
SM Count
-
8960
Shading Units
384
280
TMUs
32
96
ROPs
16
280
Tensor Cores
-
70
RT Cores
-
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
16 KB (per SMX)
6 MB
L2 Cache
256 KB
Theoretical Performance
164.2 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
8.048 GPixel/s
478.8 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
32.19 GTexel/s
30.64 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
-
30.64 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
772.6 GFLOPS
478.8 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
32.19 GFLOPS
Board Design
350W
TDP
65W
750 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
No outputs
1x 12-pin
Power Connectors
None
Graphics Processor
GA102
GPU Name
GK106
GA102-220-A1
GPU Variant
-
Ampere
Architecture
Kepler
Samsung
Foundry
TSMC
8 nm
Process Size
28 nm
28.3 billion
Transistors
2.54 billion
628 mm²
Die Size
221 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
6.8
Shader Model
5.1
