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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

AMD Radeon Sky 500

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	519	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