NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 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 GTX 260 Core 216

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 576 MHz
Around 78% higher pipelines: 384 vs 216
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 692.7 gflops vs 536.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 182 Watt
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB

Launch date	18 June 2014 vs 16 September 2008
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 576 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 216
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops vs 536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 896 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

2.9x more texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
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 GTX 260 Core 216
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF108	GT200
Launch date	18 June 2014	16 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99	$299
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	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	692.7 gflops	536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	216
Texture fill rate	14.43 GTexel / s	41.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1998 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3