GeForce GT 740 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 740
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GK107
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2014
September 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
993 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
1,270 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
64 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
31.78
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
80.19 GB/s
360.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
3.0
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.6
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.3