Radeon Sky 500 vs GeForce GT 730 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated404
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.59
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK107Pitcairn
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date9 April 2015 (9 years ago)27 March 2013 (11 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 cores3841280
Core clock speed902 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)64 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate28.8676.00
Floating-point processing power0.6927 TFLOPS2.432 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs3280

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).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm242 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s154 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 mini-HDMI1x DisplayPort
HDMI+-
DisplayPort countno data1
Dual-link DVI support-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 April 2015 27 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 150 Watt

GT 730 OEM has an age advantage of 2 years, and 134.4% lower power consumption.

Sky 500, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730 OEM and Radeon Sky 500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 730 OEM is a desktop card while Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 OEM
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