NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and AMD Radeon HD 8490 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 14.43 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 830 vs 263
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 174
  • 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2902 vs 872
  • 5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.872 vs 2.021
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 166.832 vs 104.327
  • 3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.817 vs 0.239
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 12.415 vs 5.628
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 36.916 vs 23.365
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1951 vs 672
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1693 vs 1078
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 2093
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1951 vs 672
  • Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1693 vs 1078
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 2093
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2014 vs 23 July 2013
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 160
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 vs 263
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 vs 174
Geekbench - OpenCL 2902 vs 872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.872 vs 2.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 166.832 vs 104.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.817 vs 0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.415 vs 5.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 36.916 vs 23.365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1951 vs 672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1693 vs 1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 vs 2093
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951 vs 672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693 vs 1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 vs 2093

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 49 Watt
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 875 MHz vs 700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 49 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
830
263
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
253
174
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2902
872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.872
2.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
166.832
104.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.817
0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.415
5.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.916
23.365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1951
672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
2093
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1951
672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
2093
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 263
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 174
Geekbench - OpenCL 2902 872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.872 2.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 166.832 104.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.817 0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.415 5.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 36.916 23.365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1951 672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1693 1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 2093
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951 672
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693 1078
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 2093
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 327

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 AMD Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF108 Caicos
Launch date 18 June 2014 23 July 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99
Place in performance rating 1311 1541
Price now $54.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 20.48

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 875 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 160
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s 7 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 DisplayPort

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) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3