AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1090 MHz vs 719 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4101 vs 743

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 August 2016 vs 1 July 2014
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 719 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4101 vs 743

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

251x better floating-point performance: 552.2 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 70 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 578

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops vs 2.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 70 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 578

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4101

743

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

578

714

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
PassMark - G3D Mark	4101	743
PassMark - G2D Mark	578	714
Geekbench - OpenCL	17592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	970.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	76.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	237.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	115.4
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1730
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1711

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Baffin	GK208
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	8 August 2016	1 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$86
Place in performance rating	540	541
Price now	$179.50
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	33.86
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Compute units	14
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	719 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.2 TFLOPs	552.2 gflops
GPU Power	35-48 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	384
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	14.38 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore