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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GT 740 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 2777 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GT 740.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
- Consumes up to 51% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 64 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 57% better in Sea of Thieves than GeForce GT 740 - 135 vs 86 FPS
- Up to 28% cheaper than GeForce GT 740 - $131.6 vs $182.79
- Up to 54% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than GeForce GT 740 - $1.08 vs $2.36 per FPS
- Up to 700% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 8 vs 1 GB
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
EVGA GeForce GT 740 4GB GDDR5 Dual DVI mHDMI Graphics Cards 04G-P4-3748-KR
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GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
135
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.08/FPS
100%
Price, €
€146.08
100%
FPS and Value Winner
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 Eagle OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050EAGLE OC-6GD Video Card
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
7.944 GPixel/s
13%
Texel Fillrate
31.78 GTexel/s
22%
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
| May 29th, 2014 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| GeForce 700 | Generation | GeForce 30 |
| $89 | MSRP | $249 |
| 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
| 80.19 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 993 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1552 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1777 MHz |
| 1253 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
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