NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs AMD Radeon R7 250X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and AMD Radeon R7 250X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 R7 250X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 80 Watt

Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 13 February 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 80 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250X

2.6x more texture fill rate: 38 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 76% better floating-point performance: 1,216 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
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2269 vs 830
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 253
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 32.22 vs 10.872
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 638.532 vs 166.832
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.963 vs 0.817
4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.987 vs 12.415
4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.963 vs 36.916
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3916 vs 1951
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1693
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3324
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3916 vs 1951
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1693
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3324

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	38 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,216 gflops vs 692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2269 vs 830
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	32.22 vs 10.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	638.532 vs 166.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.963 vs 0.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	51.987 vs 12.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	151.963 vs 36.916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3916 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3916 vs 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3324

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

830

2269

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

253

637

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.872

32.22

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

166.832

638.532

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.817

2.963

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.415

51.987

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

36.916

151.963

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1951

3916

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1693

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1951

3916

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1693

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

3358

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	AMD Radeon R7 250X
PassMark - G3D Mark	830	2269
PassMark - G2D Mark	253	637
Geekbench - OpenCL	2902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.872	32.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	166.832	638.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.817	2.963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	12.415	51.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.916	151.963
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1951	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1693	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951	3916
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1693	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	327	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	AMD Radeon R7 250X
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	GCN 1.0
Code name	GF108	Cape Verde
Launch date	18 June 2014	13 February 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99	$99
Place in performance rating	1311	659
Price now	$54.99	$260.70
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.48	11.25
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops	1,216 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s	38 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,500 million
Boost clock speed		1000 MHz
Stream Processors		640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	96 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1625 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync