NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 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 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 14.43 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
  • 24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
  • 23.6x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 830 vs 169
  • 6.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 38
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 1016
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 1016
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2014 vs 1 August 2008
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 16
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 vs 169
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 vs 38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 vs 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 vs 1016

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

  • 2x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1796 vs 1693
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1796 vs 1693
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1796 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1796 vs 1693

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
830
169
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
253
38
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
1016
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
1016
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 169
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 38
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 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 1016
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 327

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G86
Launch date 18 June 2014 1 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99 $79.99
Place in performance rating 1311 1460
Price now $54.99 $79.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 20.48 3.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 1400 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 16
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s 4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 210 million
CUDA cores 16
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2

Technologies

CUDA
SLI