GeForce GT 730 vs 7900 GTO

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated863
Place by popularitynot in top-10037
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.19
Power efficiencyno data3.02
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG71GF108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 October 2006 (18 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 coresno data96
Core clock speed650 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors278 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)81 Watt49 Watt
Texture fill rate15.6011.2 GT/s
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs2416

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 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed660 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth42.24 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2006 18 June 2014
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 81 Watt 49 Watt

GT 730 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 65.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GTO and GeForce GT 730. We've got no test results to judge.


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