NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs AMD FirePro W600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and AMD FirePro W600 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1693 vs 1555
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 3250
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1693 vs 1555
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 3250
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2014 vs 13 June 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1693 vs 1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 vs 3250
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693 vs 1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 vs 3250

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W600

  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 11% better floating-point performance: 768.0 gflops vs 692.7 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1683 vs 830
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 591 vs 253
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6205 vs 2902
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 17.708 vs 10.872
  • 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 585.463 vs 166.832
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.857 vs 0.817
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 36.592 vs 12.415
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 93.116 vs 36.916
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2331 vs 1951
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2331 vs 1951
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 24 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops vs 692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1683 vs 830
PassMark - G2D Mark 591 vs 253
Geekbench - OpenCL 6205 vs 2902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 17.708 vs 10.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 585.463 vs 166.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.857 vs 0.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.592 vs 12.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 93.116 vs 36.916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2331 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2331 vs 1951

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W600

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
830
1683
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
253
591
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2902
6205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.872
17.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
166.832
585.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.817
1.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.415
36.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.916
93.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1951
2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1951
2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3250
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 AMD FirePro W600
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 1683
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 591
Geekbench - OpenCL 2902 6205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.872 17.708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 166.832 585.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.817 1.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.415 36.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 36.916 93.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1951 2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1693 1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 3250
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951 2331
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693 1555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 3250
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 327

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 AMD FirePro W600

Essentials

Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF108 Cape Verde
Launch date 18 June 2014 13 June 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99 $599
Place in performance rating 1311 904
Price now $54.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 20.48

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 750 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 768.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 512
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 6x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm 163 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5