NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs AMD Radeon HD 8610G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and AMD Radeon HD 8610G 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 8610G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 533 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 415
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 249 vs 117
Around 99% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2912 vs 1463
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1951 vs 707
2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1951 vs 707

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 533 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	836 vs 415
PassMark - G2D Mark	249 vs 117
Geekbench - OpenCL	2912 vs 1463
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1951 vs 707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951 vs 707

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8610G

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1868 vs 1693
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3324
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1868 vs 1693
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3324

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1868 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1868 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3324

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8610G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

836

415

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

249

117

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2912

1463

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1951

707

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1693

1868

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1951

707

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1693

1868

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

3350

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	AMD Radeon HD 8610G
PassMark - G3D Mark	836	415
PassMark - G2D Mark	249	117
Geekbench - OpenCL	2912	1463
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	707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1693	1868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951	707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1693	1868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	331

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	AMD Radeon HD 8610G
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Terascale 3
Code name	GF108	Richland
Launch date	18 June 2014	23 May 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1318	1321
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	20.48
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	533 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt
Transistor count	585 million
Boost clock speed		626 MHz
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
Laptop size		medium sized
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