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GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce RTX 3070

GeForce GT 740 vs GeForce RTX 3070: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

GeForce GT 740

1 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

Buy for £78.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 540 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro 8GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing LHR Graphics Card, 5888 Core, 1500MHz GPU, 1725 Boost, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, TurboFan 3.0

Buy for £752.36 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 539 minutes ago

GeForce GT 740

1 GB GDDR5 | 128-bit

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

Buy for £78.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 540 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro 8GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing LHR Graphics Card, 5888 Core, 1500MHz GPU, 1725 Boost, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, TurboFan 3.0

Buy for £752.36 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 539 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GT 740 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GT 740 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 is 2287 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GT 740.

Advantages of GeForce GT 740

  • Up to 90% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3070 - £78.11 vs £752.36
  • Up to 89% better value when playing League of Legends than GeForce RTX 3070 - £0.20 vs £1.90 per FPS
  • Consumes up to 71% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 64 vs 220 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070

  • Performs up to 3% better in League of Legends than GeForce GT 740 - 395 vs 384 FPS
  • Up to 700% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 8 vs 1 GB
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This is a free version of League of Legends.
League of Legends

League of Legends

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014


FPS

384

97%

Value, £/FPS

£0.2/FPS

100%

Price, £

£78.11

100%

Value Winner

Generic GeForce GTX 740 8GB GDDR5 Graphics Card 4 GB GDDR5 Outperforms GT 730 by 2.4X and 0.8X GT 1030 CUDA 384 Base 993 MHz Memory 1150 MHz HDMI/VGA/DVI Needs NO Power Cable

Buy for £78.11 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 540 minutes ago

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

395

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.9/FPS

11%

Price, £

£752.36

10%

FPS Winner

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GamingPro 8GB GDDR6 Ray-Tracing LHR Graphics Card, 5888 Core, 1500MHz GPU, 1725 Boost, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, TurboFan 3.0

Buy for £752.36 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 539 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo
GeForce GT 740

Desktop • May 29th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

7.944 GPixel/s

5%

Texel Fillrate

31.78 GTexel/s

10%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo
GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Logo

GeForce GT 740

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Logo

GeForce RTX 3070

May 29th, 2014Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
GeForce 700GenerationGeForce 30
$89
MSRP$499
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
128-bitBus256-bit
80.19 GB/sBandwidth
448 GB/s
993 MHzBase Clock Speed
1500 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1725 MHz
1253 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GT 740 or GeForce RTX 3070

With selected game settings

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