AMD Radeon R5 230
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
AMD Radeon R5 230
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1017
Place in performance rating
715
4.61
Value for money (0-100)
13.08
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Fermi
Caicos
Code name
GF108
Desktop
Type
Desktop
3 April 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
18 June 2014 (7 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$59.99
$119
Price now
$102 (1.7x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
0.13
Value for money
1.29
Caicos
GPU code name
GF108
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
96
no data
Core clock speed
700 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
585 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
19 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
5.000
Texture fill rate
11.2 GT/s
200.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
268.8 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
370 million
Number of transistors
585 million
19 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
49 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
168 mm
Length
145 mm
N/A
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 1.0 x4
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
10.67 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
-
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
+
​PowerPlay
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
5.0
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R5 230 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R5 230 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230

More pipelines (160 vs 96)

Less power consumption (19 Watt vs 49 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

2.59% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($102 (1.7x MSRP) vs $119)

More memory bandwidth (25.6 GB/s vs 10.67 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R5 230 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 730?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 .

AMD Radeon R5 230 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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