NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 140 Watt
• 266.7x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

• Around 40% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 700 MHz
• 5.4x more texture fill rate: 78.4 billion / sec vs 14.43 GTexel / s
• 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
• 2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,981 gflops vs 692.7 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
• 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4017 vs 830
• Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 253
• 3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11364 vs 2902
• 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 30.505 vs 10.872
• 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 705.293 vs 166.832
• 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.085 vs 0.817
• 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.416 vs 12.415
• Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 62.69 vs 36.916
• Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3581 vs 1951
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 1693
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3365 vs 3324
• Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3581 vs 1951
• 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 1693
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3365 vs 3324
• 4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1307 vs 327

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	830 4017
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	253 487
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2902 11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.872 30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	166.832 705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.817 3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.415 35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	36.916 62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1951 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1693 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3324 3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1951 3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1693 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3324 3365
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	327 1307

Compare specifications (specs)