AMD Radeon R7 M445 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M445 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M445

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 15-25 Watt vs 49 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 938 vs 834
  • Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5343 vs 2901
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.765 vs 10.872
  • Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 278.624 vs 166.832
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.268 vs 0.817
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.335 vs 12.415
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 54.067 vs 36.916
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2138 vs 1693
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2138 vs 1693
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 18 June 2014
Core clock speed 780 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15-25 Watt vs 49 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 938 vs 834
Geekbench - OpenCL 5343 vs 2901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.765 vs 10.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 278.624 vs 166.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.268 vs 0.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.335 vs 12.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 54.067 vs 36.916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2138 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2138 vs 1693

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 252 vs 176
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1951 vs 1913
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 1853
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1951 vs 1913
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 1853
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 252 vs 176
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1951 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 vs 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 vs 1853

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M445
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
938
834
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
176
252
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5343
2901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.765
10.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
278.624
166.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.268
0.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.335
12.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.067
36.916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1913
1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2138
1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1853
3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1913
1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2138
1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1853
3324
Name AMD Radeon R7 M445 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
PassMark - G3D Mark 938 834
PassMark - G2D Mark 176 252
Geekbench - OpenCL 5343 2901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.765 10.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 278.624 166.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.268 0.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.335 12.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 54.067 36.916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1913 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2138 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1853 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1913 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2138 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1853 3324
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 327

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M445 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Fermi
Code name Meso GF108
Launch date 15 May 2016 18 June 2014
Place in performance rating 1310 1311
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99
Price now $54.99
Value for money (0-100) 20.48

Technical info

Boost clock speed 920 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 700 MHz
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 384
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s 14.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15-25 Watt 49 Watt
Transistor count 3,100 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 GB / s 40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0