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.

 

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
  • 296.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1483 vs 5
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 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 1483 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark 344 vs 120

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1483
5
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
344
120
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 NVIDIA GeForce3
PassMark - G3D Mark 1483 5
PassMark - G2D Mark 344 120
Geekbench - OpenCL 4362
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 1284 1282
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