NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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 960 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 700 MHz
5.3x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
3.6x better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 692.7 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 1600 MHz
7.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 76.687 vs 10.872
5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 890.785 vs 166.832
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.659 vs 12.415

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 November 2015 vs 18 June 2014
Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 14.43 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops vs 692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687 vs 10.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785 vs 166.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659 vs 12.415

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

76.687

10.872

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

890.785

166.832

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.659

12.415

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687	10.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785	166.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659	12.415
PassMark - G3D Mark		830
PassMark - G2D Mark		253
Geekbench - OpenCL		2902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		36.916
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3324
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		327

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GM206	GF108
Launch date	26 November 2015	18 June 2014
Place in performance rating	978	1311
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59.99
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		20.48
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	1176 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops	692.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	384
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s	14.43 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	585 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		49 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		145 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.2 GB / s	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5