GeForce RTX 5070 vs GT 740A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking929not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.59no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGK208GB205
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 August 2013 (11 years ago)2025

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 cores3846400
Core clock speed980 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors915 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate31.36504.0
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPS32.26 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs32200
Tensor Coresno data200
Ray Tracing Coresno data50

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount2 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s120.0 GB/s

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
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.59.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 220 Watt

GT 740A has 566.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 5070, on the other hand, has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 740A and GeForce RTX 5070. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 740A is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5070 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
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