NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM vs ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM and ATI Radeon X1950 XTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 53% higher core clock speed: 993 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 3.1x more texture fill rate: 31.78 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • Around 95% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Launch date 9 April 2015 vs 17 October 2006
Core clock speed 993 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 31.78 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt vs 125 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Essentials

Architecture Kepler R500
Code name GK107 R580+
Launch date 9 April 2015 17 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $89 $449
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 993 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 31.78 GTexel / s 10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt 125 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 384 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm 230 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.6 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB / s 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR4