Quadro RTX 8000 Passive vs GeForce GT 740M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking878not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.30no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK208TU102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date20 June 2013 (11 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$9,999

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 cores3844608
Core clock speed980 MHz1230 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1620 MHz
Number of transistors915 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate31.36466.6
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPS14.93 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs32288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB48 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3/GDDR5no data
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s672.0 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 outputs4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2013 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 260 Watt

GT 740M has 477.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 8000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 740M and Quadro RTX 8000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 740M is a notebook card while Quadro RTX 8000 Passive is a workstation one.


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