NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 14.43 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 67 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 830 vs 142
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 67 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	830 vs 142
PassMark - G2D Mark	253 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

830

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

253

212

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	830	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	253	212
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF108	NV40 A1
Launch date	18 June 2014	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1311	849
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.48
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	222 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 Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3