NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs Intel HD Graphics 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and Intel HD Graphics 3000 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

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
8.5x more texture fill rate: 14.43 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 384 vs 12
34x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 830 vs 261
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 35
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1693 vs 1137
32.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 101
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1693 vs 1137
32.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 101

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 1 February 2011
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 12
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	830 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark	253 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1693 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324 vs 101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1693 vs 1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324 vs 101

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm

Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

830

261

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

253

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1693

1137

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

101

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1693

1137

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

101

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	Intel HD Graphics 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark	830	261
PassMark - G2D Mark	253	35
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	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324	101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1693	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324	101
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	327

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	Intel HD Graphics 3000
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Generation 6.0
Code name	GF108	Sandy Bridge GT2
Launch date	18 June 2014	1 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1311	1604
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	20.48
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops	20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384	12
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	995 million
Boost clock speed		1100 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1