NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and AMD Radeon R9 270 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), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

AMD Radeon R9 270

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 567

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 13 November 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 567

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

5.1x more texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
4.3x better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4306 vs 743
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 1436
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 1436
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 1711
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 1711

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	74 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,368 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4306 vs 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 1711

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

4306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

714

567

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1436

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1436

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

3347

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1711

3347

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	AMD Radeon R9 270
PassMark - G3D Mark	743	4306
PassMark - G2D Mark	714	567
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1436	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1436	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1711	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1711	3347
Geekbench - OpenCL		74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3448
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1603

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	AMD Radeon R9 270
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK208	Curacao
Launch date	1 July 2014	13 November 2013
Place in performance rating	520	521
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops	2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	1280
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s	74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	150 Watt
Boost clock speed		925 MHz
Stream Processors		1280
Transistor count		2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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 3.0
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)