GeForce GT 730M vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc 8-Core iGPU and GeForce GT 730M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Arc 8-Core iGPU
2023
18.47
+775%

Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms GT 730M by a whopping 775% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking297872
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data4.40
ArchitectureXe LPG (2023)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUGK107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)20 January 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8384
Core clock speedno data725 MHz
Boost clock speed2300 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data33 Watt
Texture fill rateno data23.20
Floating-point processing powerno data0.5568 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Standard memory configurationno dataDDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
LVDS signal supportno dataUp to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display supportno dataUp to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
HDMI-+
HDCP content protection-+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI-+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_212 API
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 18.47
+775%
GT 730M 2.11

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 12375
+619%
GT 730M 1722

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 38877
+473%
GT 730M 6788

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 8561
+707%
GT 730M 1061

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 44226
+518%
GT 730M 7152

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 397122
+358%
GT 730M 86656

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD36
+63.6%
22
−63.6%
1440p19
+850%
2−3
−850%
4K13
+1200%
1−2
−1200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+500%
7−8
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+2950%
2−3
−2950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+533%
6−7
−533%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+1333%
3−4
−1333%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1200%
9−10
−1200%
Hitman 3 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+406%
18−20
−406%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+814%
7−8
−814%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+510%
10−11
−510%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+144%
35−40
−144%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+500%
7−8
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+2950%
2−3
−2950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+533%
6−7
−533%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+1333%
3−4
−1333%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1200%
9−10
−1200%
Hitman 3 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+406%
18−20
−406%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+814%
7−8
−814%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 58
+480%
10−11
−480%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+250%
12−14
−250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+144%
35−40
−144%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+500%
7−8
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+533%
6−7
−533%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+1333%
3−4
−1333%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+1200%
9−10
−1200%
Hitman 3 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Horizon Zero Dawn 41
+128%
18−20
−128%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 46
+360%
10−11
−360%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
+100%
12−14
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+144%
35−40
−144%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+1100%
3−4
−1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+920%
10−11
−920%
Hitman 3 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+533%
6−7
−533%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 34
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+825%
12−14
−825%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+520%
5−6
−520%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Hitman 3 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+860%
10−11
−860%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how Arc 8-Core iGPU and GT 730M compete in popular games:

  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is 64% faster in 1080p
  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is 850% faster in 1440p
  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is 1200% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc 8-Core iGPU is 2950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is ahead in 49 tests (91%)
  • there's a draw in 5 tests (9%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.47 2.11
Recency 14 December 2023 20 January 2013
Chip lithography 5 nm 28 nm

Arc 8-Core iGPU has a 775.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc 8-Core iGPU is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 730M in performance tests.


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