3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 16 MB vs GeForce GT 730

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking854not rated
Place by popularity34not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency3.07no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Voodoo Scalable (2000)
GPU code nameGF108VSA-101
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 June 2014 (10 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59.99 no data

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 cores96no data
Core clock speed700 MHz166 MHz
Number of transistors585 million14 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate11.2 GT/s0.33
Floating-point processing power0.2688 TFLOPSno data
ROPs42
TMUs162

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 2.0 x16AGP 4x
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s2.656 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x VGA
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)6.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 15 Watt

GT 730 has a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 16 MB, on the other hand, has 226.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730 and 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 16 MB. We've got no test results to judge.


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