RTX A2000 12 GB vs i740

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated142
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data88.68
Power efficiencyno data34.80
Architecturei740 (1998)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAuburnGA106
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 February 1998 (26 years ago)23 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data3328
Core clock speed66 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data70 Watt
Texture fill rate0.07124.8
Floating-point processing powerno data7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs148
TMUs1104
Tensor Coresno data104
Ray Tracing Coresno data26

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).

InterfaceAGP 2xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data167 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 MB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed100 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth800.0 MB/s288.0 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 Connectors1x VGA4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX5.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 1998 23 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm

RTX A2000 12 GB has an age advantage of 23 years, a 307100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between i740 and RTX A2000 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that i740 is a desktop card while RTX A2000 12 GB is a workstation one.


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