NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a 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 8100 + nForce 720a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 719 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 40 Watt
9.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 743 vs 79
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 308

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	719 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	743 vs 79
PassMark - G2D Mark	714 vs 308

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

743

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

714

308

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
PassMark - G3D Mark	743	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	714	308
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 8100 + nForce 720a
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GK208	C78
Launch date	1 July 2014	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	529	533
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	719 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	14.38 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count		210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCI
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3