NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 and NVIDIA GeForce3 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

NVIDIA GeForce3

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 3 month(s) later
5x more core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 200 MHz
19.9x more texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
21.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 230 MHz
298x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1490 vs 5
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 342 vs 120

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 May 2014 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed	993 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 230 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1490 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	342 vs 120

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1490

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

342

120

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740	NVIDIA GeForce3
PassMark - G3D Mark	1490	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	342	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	4332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	11.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	291.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.139
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2153
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1790
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1427
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2153
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	513

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740	NVIDIA GeForce3
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Kelvin
Code name	GK107	NV20 A5
Launch date	29 May 2014	27 February 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$89	$499
Place in performance rating	1277	1275
Price now	$94.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	18.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	993 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	31.78 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	145 mm	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	230 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	SDR