NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 5.9x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 195 Watt
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 714 vs 531
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 July 2014 vs 22 March 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 195 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 714 vs 531

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 719 MHz
  • 9x more texture fill rate: 128.8 billion / sec vs 14.38 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
  • 5.6x better floating-point performance: 3,090.4 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5590 vs 743
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3666 vs 1436
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3666 vs 1436
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3306 vs 1711
  • Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3306 vs 1711
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1006 MHz vs 719 MHz
Texture fill rate 128.8 billion / sec vs 14.38 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 384
Floating-point performance 3,090.4 gflops vs 552.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5590 vs 743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3666 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3666 vs 1436
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3306 vs 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3306 vs 1711

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
743
5590
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
714
531
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1436
3666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1436
3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1711
3306
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1711
3306
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
PassMark - G3D Mark 743 5590
PassMark - G2D Mark 714 531
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1436 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1436 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1711 3306
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1711 3306
Geekbench - OpenCL 18376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 46.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 989.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.645
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 99.577
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7222
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2004

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Kepler
Code name GK208 GK104
Launch date 1 July 2014 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 541 544
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Price now $579.99
Value for money (0-100) 12.83

Technical info

Core clock speed 719 MHz 1006 MHz
Floating-point performance 552.2 gflops 3,090.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 1536
Texture fill rate 14.38 GTexel / s 128.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 195 Watt
Boost clock speed 1058 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 10.0" (25.4 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2048 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA