NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 14.43 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
12x more pipelines: 384 vs 32
7.7x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 50 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 830 vs 172
7.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 32
17.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.872 vs 0.612
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 166.832 vs 56.838
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 1505
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 29 July 2008
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 32
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	830 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark	253 vs 32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.872 vs 0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	166.832 vs 56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3324 vs 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324 vs 1505

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 700 MHz

Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

830

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

253

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.872

0.612

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

166.832

56.838

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3324

1505

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	830	172
PassMark - G2D Mark	253	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	2902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.872	0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	166.832	56.838
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	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324	1505
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	327

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G96C
Launch date	18 June 2014	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99	$85.99
Place in performance rating	1311	1666
Price now	$54.99	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.48	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	32
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle 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	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI