NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M

GeForce GT 730M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 6 March 2014. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Kepler 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GK208.

Core clock speed - 719 MHz. Texture fill rate - 11.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 552.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,270 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 33 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 64 / 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 14.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
814
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
174
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
2975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
7.814 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
162.583 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
0.798 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
11.854 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
30.631 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1654 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2370 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3358 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1654.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2370.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3358.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 814
PassMark - G2D Mark 174
Geekbench - OpenCL 2975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 7.814 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 162.583 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.798 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 11.854 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 30.631 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1654 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2370 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3358 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1654.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2370.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3358.000 Fps

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768157.00
Medium, 1366x768128.00
High, 1366x76892.00

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x72038.10
Medium, 1280x72033.30
High, 1920x108014.30

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x76879.40
Medium, 1366x76841.80
High, 1366x76824.60

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76825.30
Medium, 1366x76815.25
High, 1366x76812.35
Ultra, 1920x10806.30

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76884.90
Medium, 1366x76841.10
High, 1366x76818.30
Ultra, 1920x108014.20

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76852.50
Medium, 1366x76834.60
High, 1366x76824.20
Ultra, 1920x10809.10

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76855.10
Medium, 1366x76842.80
High, 1366x76834.40
Ultra, 1920x108010.20

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76824.00
Medium, 1366x76817.00
High, 1366x7689.50

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76829.05
Medium, 1366x76822.00
High, 1366x76815.30
Ultra, 1920x10806.60

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72063.55
Medium, 1366x76834.40
High, 1366x76828.70
Ultra, 1920x108010.40

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768223.70
Medium, 1366x76882.10
High, 1366x76842.70
Ultra, 1920x108015.30

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x76880.30
Medium, 1366x76824.30
High, 1366x76819.70
Ultra, 1920x10809.60

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x76883.30
Medium, 1366x76841.20
High, 1366x76823.00
Ultra, 1920x108010.30

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76844.30
Medium, 1366x76828.00
High, 1366x76819.60

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76841.79
Medium, 1366x76832.00
High, 1366x76817.00
Ultra, 1920x10807.20

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76882.75
Medium, 1366x76867.30
High, 1366x76837.66
Ultra, 1920x108023.12

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x76888.00
Medium, 1366x76837.00
High, 1366x76832.00
Ultra, 1920x108015.00

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76866.00
Medium, 1366x76858.00
High, 1366x76842.00
Ultra, 1920x108029.00

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76851.00
Medium, 1366x76832.40
High, 1366x76819.70

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768132.20
Medium, 1366x76891.40
High, 1366x76883.45
Ultra, 1920x108049.41

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72059.40
High, 1366x76850.25
Ultra, 1920x108031.90

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72049.50
Medium, 1366x76837.86
High, 1366x76828.74
Ultra, 1920x108015.89

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76858.45
Medium, 1366x76840.65
High, 1366x76832.80
Ultra, 1920x108012.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768128.00
High, 1366x76855.00
Ultra, 1920x108025.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768164.50
Medium, 1360x76868.00
High, 1360x76835.50
Ultra, 1920x108021.00

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x76892.00
Medium, 1024x76885.00
High, 1024x76845.00
Ultra, 1920x108013.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600238.00
Medium, 1024x768175.00
High, 1280x102447.00
Ultra, 1920x108021.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0
Code name GK208
Launch date 6 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1319
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 719 MHz
Floating-point performance 552.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 11.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
TXAA