NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 993 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 31.78 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 1152 vs 384
5.2x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Launch date	18 August 2016 vs 9 April 2015
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s vs 31.78 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1152 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops vs 762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM

Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	9796
PassMark - G2D Mark	772
Geekbench - OpenCL	32384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	156

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Kepler
Code name	GP106	GK107
Launch date	18 August 2016	9 April 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$89
Place in performance rating	388	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	993 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops	762.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1152	384
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s	31.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	64 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5