NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 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) 3 month(s) later
  • 6x more pipelines: 384 vs 64
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 208 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 96 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 830 vs 477
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 44
  • 23.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.872 vs 0.465
  • 13.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1693 vs 127
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3324 vs 3161
  • 13.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1693 vs 127
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3324 vs 3161
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2014 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines 384 vs 64
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 vs 44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.872 vs 0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1693 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 vs 3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 vs 3161

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Core clock speed 1625 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.8 billion / sec vs 14.43 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
830
477
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
253
44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.872
0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3161
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 477
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 44
Geekbench - OpenCL 2902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.872 0.465
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 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693 127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 3161
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 327

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G94
Launch date 18 June 2014 21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99 $179
Place in performance rating 1311 1587
Price now $54.99 $39.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 20.48 23.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 1625 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 64
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s 20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 96 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 505 million
CUDA cores 64
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
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
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
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
SLI