GeForce GT 730 vs FirePro D300

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D300 with GeForce GT 730, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D300
2014
2 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
10.20
+372%

D300 outperforms GT 730 by a whopping 372% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking444863
Place by popularitynot in top-10037
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.19
Power efficiency4.663.02
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code namePitcairnGF108
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date18 January 2014 (10 years ago)18 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$59.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores128096
Core clock speed850 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt49 Watt
Texture fill rate68.0011.2 GT/s
Floating-point processing power2.176 TFLOPS0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs8016

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length242 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth162.6 GB/s25.6 GB/s

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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.1

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.

FirePro D300 10.20
+372%
GT 730 2.16

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

FirePro D300 19273
+561%
GT 730 2914

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

FirePro D300 18308
+406%
GT 730 3618

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.20 2.16
Recency 18 January 2014 18 June 2014
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 49 Watt

FirePro D300 has a 372.2% higher aggregate performance score, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 730, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 206.1% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D300 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 730 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D300 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 730 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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