NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and AMD Radeon HD 7850 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

AMD Radeon HD 7850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
6.8x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 561

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 5 March 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 561

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850

3.8x more texture fill rate: 55.04 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
3.2x better floating-point performance: 1,761 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3856 vs 743
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3696 vs 1436
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3696 vs 1436
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1711
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1711

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	55.04 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3856 vs 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3696 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3696 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 1711

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

3856

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

714

561

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1436

3696

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1436

3696

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

3351

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	AMD Radeon HD 7850
PassMark - G3D Mark	743	3856
PassMark - G2D Mark	714	561
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1436	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1436	3696
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1711	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1711	3351
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		47.041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1028.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		72.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		249.482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6173
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1312

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	AMD Radeon HD 7850
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK208	Pitcairn
Launch date	1 July 2014	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	518	526
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Price now		$449.59
Value for money (0-100)		11.01
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops	1,761 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1024
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s	55.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	225 Watt
Boost clock speed		1000 MHz
Stream Processors		1200
Transistor count		2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync