GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GT 740 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 5080 is a clear winner – it's at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce GT 740 and it's also a much better value for money, as it's only $1587.01 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 5080

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A much better value for money for gaming
Up to 1500% more VRAM memory – 16 vs 1 GB

Advantages of the GeForce GT 740

Up to 96% cheaper – $72.98 vs $1659.99
Consumes up to 82% less energy – 64 vs 360 Watts

GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GT 740 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

Average FPS

214

100%

Min 1% FPS

139

100%

Price, $

$1659.99

Value, $/FPS

$7.75/FPS

22%

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX ™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.6-Slot, Military-Grade Components, Protective PCB Coating, axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber)

Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 Master ICE 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256 Bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2805MHz Core Clock, 3 x DP 2.1a, 1 x HDMI 2.1b, NVIDIA DLSS 4, GV-N5080AORUSM ICE-16GD

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming OC 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2730MHz Core Clock, 3 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, GV-N5080GAMING OC-16GD

MSI VGA GEFORCE RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3X OC Plus RTX5080 16GB GDRR7 256 B DX12 PCIE 5.0 X16 (3XDP 1XHDMI)

Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 5080 Master 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256 Bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2805MHz Core Clock, 3 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO OC SFF 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256 Bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2730MHz Core Clock, 3 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Video Card 16GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 / TUF-RTX5080-O16G-GAMING

MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Vanguard SOC Launch Edition Graphics Card VD8973

GeForce GT 740

May 29th, 2014

Average FPS

20%

Min 1% FPS

12%

Price, $

$72.98

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.73/FPS

100%

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

EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked Single Slot 2GB DDR3 Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2742-KR

GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GT 740 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

GeForce GT 740

May 29th, 2014

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GT 740 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

33109

100%

GeForce GT 740

May 29th, 2014

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

516

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce GT 740 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

Memory

16 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

960 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

335 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

879.3 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

56.28 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce GT 740

May 29th, 2014

Memory

1 GB

Memory Bandwidth

80.19 GB/s

Pixel Fillrate

7.944 GPixel/s

Texture Fillrate

31.78 GTexel/s

FP32

762.6 GFLOPS

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 5080	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce GT 740
General
Jan 30th, 2025	Release Date	May 29th, 2014
$999.00	MSRP	$89.00
GeForce 50	Generation	GeForce 700
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
360 W	Power Consumption	64 W
Memory
16 GB	Memory Size	1 GB
GDDR7	Memory Type	GDDR5
256-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
960 GB/s	Bandwidth	80.19 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
335 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	7.944 GPixel/s
879.3 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	31.78 GTexel/s
56.28 TFLOPS	FP32	762.6 GFLOPS