GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GT 740 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated296
Place by popularitynot in top-10020
Power efficiencyno data28.46
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK106GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 April 2015 (9 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 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 cores3842048
Core clock speed1050 MHz1185 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1477 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate33.6094.53
Floating-point processing power0.8064 TFLOPS6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3264
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s112.0 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 DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 April 2015 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

RTX 2050 Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 740 OEM and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 740 OEM is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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