Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 730 vs Radeon HD 6790
Nvidia
GeForce GT 730
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 18 Jun 2014
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 6790
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 4 Apr 2011
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Summary
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 730
- 101 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6790 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6790
- Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon HD 6790
Based on theoretical specifications.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 730 | Radeon HD 6790 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF108 (GF108-400-A1) | Barts (Barts LE) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | 255 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | 1,700 million |
| Shaders | 96 | 800 |
| Compute Units | 2 | 10 |
| Core clock | 700 MHz | 840 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | 40 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 730 | Radeon HD 6790 |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 730 | Radeon HD 6790 |
|---|
| TDP | 49 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Jun 2014 | 4 Apr 2011 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 7302.80 GP/s
- Radeon HD 679013.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 73011.20 GT/s
- Radeon HD 679033.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 73028.80 GB/s
- Radeon HD 6790134.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 730268.80 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 67901344.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better