NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 3.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 112
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 830 vs 463
  • 5.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 49
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2014 vs 29 October 2007
Pipelines 384 vs 112
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 vs 463
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 14.43 GTexel / s
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3324
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3324
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 3324

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
830
463
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
253
49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3346
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 463
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 49
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 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 327

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G92
Launch date 18 June 2014 29 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99 $349
Place in performance rating 1311 1399
Price now $54.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 20.48

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 112
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit