GeForce FX 5100 vs GT 730A

Place in the ranking	905	1492
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.01	no data
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	GK208	NV34 A1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 July 2014 (10 years ago)	6 March 2003 (21 year ago)

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 cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	719 MHz	200 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	45 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	23.01	0.8
Floating-point processing power	0.5522 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	32	4

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	DDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1001 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB/s	2.656 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 Connectors

No outputs

1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0a
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	3.5	-

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.

GT 730A 1.93
+9550%

FX 5100 0.02

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 730A 742
+10500%

FX 5100 7

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	1.93	0.02
Recency	1 July 2014	6 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

GT 730A has a 9550% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 730A is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX 5100 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 730A is a notebook card while GeForce FX 5100 is a desktop one.

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