NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 719 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 14.38 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 66 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 743 vs 113
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 318

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 1 October 2006
Core clock speed	719 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 66 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	743 vs 113
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 318

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

714

318

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	743	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	714	318
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1711

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	R500
Code name	GK208	RV570
Launch date	1 July 2014	1 October 2006
Place in performance rating	541	539
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count		330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3