NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP 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

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.5x more texture fill rate: 14.43 GTexel / s vs 5.78 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 384 vs 120
4x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 173.28 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 810 MHz

Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 28 June 2007
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s vs 5.78 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 120
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops vs 173.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 810 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 722 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 49 Watt

Core clock speed	722 MHz vs 700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 49 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	830
PassMark - G2D Mark	253
Geekbench - OpenCL	2902
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
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	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF108	RV635
Launch date	18 June 2014	28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1311	not rated
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.48
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	722 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops	173.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	120
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s	5.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	12.96 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2