NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs AMD Radeon HD 8470D

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 373
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 250 vs 147
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2908 vs 1061
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1951 vs 638
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 3149
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1951 vs 638
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 3149

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 5 June 2013
Pipelines	384 vs 128
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	836 vs 373
PassMark - G2D Mark	250 vs 147
Geekbench - OpenCL	2908 vs 1061
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1951 vs 638
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324 vs 3149
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951 vs 638
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324 vs 3149

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8470D

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1704 vs 1693
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1704 vs 1693

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1704 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1704 vs 1693

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

836

373

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

250

147

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2908

1061

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1951

638

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1693

1704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

3149

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1951

638

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1693

1704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

3149

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	AMD Radeon HD 8470D
PassMark - G3D Mark	836	373
PassMark - G2D Mark	250	147
Geekbench - OpenCL	2908	1061
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	638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1693	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324	3149
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951	638
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1693	1704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324	3149
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	331

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	AMD Radeon HD 8470D
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Terascale 3
Code name	GF108	Richland
Launch date	18 June 2014	5 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1318	1320
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.48
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384	128
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt
Transistor count	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1