NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Around 53% better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 692.7 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 49 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 31% higher memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 92% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 629 vs 327

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 18 June 2014
Core clock speed	1152 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops vs 692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 49 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629 vs 327

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

629

327

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	629	327
PassMark - G3D Mark		830
PassMark - G2D Mark		253
Geekbench - OpenCL		2902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		166.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		36.916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3324

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Fermi
Code name	GP108	GF108
Launch date	12 March 2018	18 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1476	1311
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		20.48
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	14.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR4	GDDR5