NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 4.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 572
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 July 2014 vs 27 March 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 714 vs 572

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 719 MHz
  • 5.3x more texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
  • 4.4x better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4709 vs 743
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2116 vs 1436
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2116 vs 1436
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5116 vs 1711
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5116 vs 1711
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 950 MHz vs 719 MHz
Texture fill rate 76 GTexel / s vs 14.38 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4709 vs 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2116 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2116 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5116 vs 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5116 vs 1711

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
743
4709
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
714
572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1436
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1436
2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1711
5116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1711
5116
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A AMD Radeon Sky 500
PassMark - G3D Mark 743 4709
PassMark - G2D Mark 714 572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1436 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1436 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1711 5116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1711 5116
Geekbench - OpenCL 74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3585

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A AMD Radeon Sky 500

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GK208 Pitcairn
Launch date 1 July 2014 27 March 2013
Place in performance rating 520 517
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 719 MHz 950 MHz
Floating-point performance 552.2 gflops 2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 1280
Texture fill rate 14.38 GTexel / s 76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 242 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 154 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5