GeForce GT 730 vs Radeon RX 550

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 550 and GeForce GT 730, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 550
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
7.08
+228%

RX 550 outperforms GT 730 by a whopping 228% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking550863
Place by popularity2137
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.920.19
Power efficiency9.713.02
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameLexaGF108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)18 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 $59.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 has 1437% better value for money than GT 730.

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 cores51296
Core clock speed1100 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed1183 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,200 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt49 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8611.2 GT/s
Floating-point processing power1.211 TFLOPS0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs3216

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 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mm145 mm
Width2-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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-2.1

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.

RX 550 7.08
+228%
GT 730 2.16

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.

RX 550 2728
+227%
GT 730 833

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RX 550 11299
+288%
GT 730 2914

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 7.08 2.16
Recency 20 April 2017 18 June 2014
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 49 Watt

RX 550 has a 227.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

GT 730, on the other hand, has 2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 550 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 730 in performance tests.


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