NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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, 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 7870 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
5.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 661

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 19 November 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 661

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 719 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 93.6 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
5.4x better floating-point performance: 2,995 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4470 vs 743
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3264 vs 1436
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3264 vs 1436
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 1711
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 1711

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 719 MHz
Texture fill rate	93.6 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4470 vs 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3264 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3264 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 1711

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

4470

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

714

661

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1436

3264

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1436

3264

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

3354

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	743	4470
PassMark - G2D Mark	714	661
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1436	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1436	3264
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1711	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1711	3354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1230.47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		78.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		345.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2810
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1745

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK208	Tahiti
Launch date	1 July 2014	19 November 2012
Place in performance rating	529	532
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$270
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops	2,995 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1536
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s	93.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	185 Watt
Boost clock speed		975 MHz
Transistor count		4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5