NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.2x more texture fill rate: 14.43 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
4.5x better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 155.52 gflops

Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 13 April 2011
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 48
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops vs 155.52 gflops

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 49 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 49 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
PassMark - G3D Mark	830
PassMark - G2D Mark	253
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3324
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	327

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GF108	GF119
Launch date	18 June 2014	13 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1311	not rated
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.48
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	810 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops	155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	48
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s	6.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	145 mm	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3