Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 730 GDDR5 vs GeForce GT 720
Nvidia
GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Jun 2014
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 720
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 29 Sep 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GT 730 GDDR5127%
- GeForce GT 720100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
- Around 27% higher average synthetic performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 720
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
The GeForce GT 730 GDDR5 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 730 GDDR5 | GeForce GT 720 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK208 () | GK208 () |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 87 mm² | 87 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | unknown |
| Shaders | 384 | 192 |
| Compute Units | 2 | 1 |
| Core clock | 902 MHz | 797 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 730 GDDR5 | GeForce GT 720 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 730 GDDR5 | GeForce GT 720 |
|---|
| TDP | 38 watts | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Jun 2014 | 29 Sep 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 730 GDDR57.22 GP/s
- GeForce GT 7203.19 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 730 GDDR514.43 GT/s
- GeForce GT 72012.75 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 730 GDDR540.10 GB/s
- GeForce GT 72012.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 730 GDDR5692.70 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 720306.05 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GT 730 GDDR51560
- GeForce GT 7201220
Points (higher is better)