NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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) 3 month(s) later
  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • Around 79% better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 830 vs 591
  • 4.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 54
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2014 vs 4 March 2009
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 vs 591
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 vs 54

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 14.43 GTexel / s
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3108 vs 1693
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3324
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3108 vs 1693
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3324
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3108 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3108 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3324

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
830
591
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
253
54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1693
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3324
3351
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 830 591
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 54
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 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3324 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1693 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3324 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 327

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G92B
Launch date 18 June 2014 4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99 $199
Place in performance rating 1311 1021
Price now $54.99 $114.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 20.48 9.91

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 1836 MHz
Floating-point performance 692.7 gflops 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 128
Texture fill rate 14.43 GTexel / s 47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 754 million
CUDA cores 128
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, Two 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 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s 70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI