NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 719 MHz vs 589 MHz
6.1x more texture fill rate: 14.38 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
48x more pipelines: 384 vs 8
24.6x better floating-point performance: 552.2 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 743 vs 126
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed	719 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 8
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	743 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 33 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 33 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

714

309

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	743	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	714	309
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	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GK208	GT218
Launch date	1 July 2014	26 November 2009
Place in performance rating	518	519
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	8
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count		260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2