NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • Around 67% better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 135 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 568
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 249 vs 77
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2014 vs 11 December 2007
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 135 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 836 vs 568
PassMark - G2D Mark 249 vs 77

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

  • 2.9x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
  • Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 3324
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 3324
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 41.6 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 3324

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
836
568
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
249
77
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3342
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark 836 568
PassMark - G2D Mark 249 77
Geekbench - OpenCL 2912
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 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 331

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G92
Launch date 18 June 2014 11 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99 $349
Place in performance rating 1318 1315
Price now $54.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 20.48

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 128
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s 41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 135 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s 52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1640 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3