NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.3x more texture fill rate: 14.43 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
2.8x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 830 vs 248
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 164
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2902 vs 785
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.872 vs 2.342
Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 166.832 vs 121.217
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.817 vs 0.275
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 12.415 vs 6.14
Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 36.916 vs 23.947

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 8 January 2013
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	830 vs 248
PassMark - G2D Mark	253 vs 164
Geekbench - OpenCL	2902 vs 785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.872 vs 2.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	166.832 vs 121.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.817 vs 0.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	12.415 vs 6.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.916 vs 23.947

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 49 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 49 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

830

248

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

253

164

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2902

785

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.872

2.342

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

166.832

121.217

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.817

0.275

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.415

6.14

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

36.916

23.947

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	830	248
PassMark - G2D Mark	253	164
Geekbench - OpenCL	2902	785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.872	2.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	166.832	121.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.817	0.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	12.415	6.14
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.916	23.947
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	327

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	AMD Radeon HD 8470 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF108	Caicos
Launch date	18 June 2014	8 January 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1311	1595
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.48
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops	248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s	6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5