GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GT 730 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated168
Place by popularitynot in top-10069
Power efficiencyno data27.91
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK107GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 April 2015 (9 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 no data

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 cores3843840
Core clock speed902 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)64 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate28.86171.0
Floating-point processing power0.6927 TFLOPS10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs32120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMINo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA3.08.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2015 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 80 Watt

GT 730 OEM has 25% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730 OEM and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 730 OEM is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM
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