NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

715
Place in performance rating
299
13.08
Value for money (0-100)
36.19
Fermi
Architecture
Kepler
GF108
Code name
GK106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 June 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
6 September 2012 (9 years ago)
$59.99
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$102 (1.7x MSRP)
Price now
$321 (1.4x MSRP)
1.29
Value for money
4.45
GF108
GPU code name
GK106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
960
700 MHz
Core clock speed
980 MHz
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Boost Clock
1033 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
2,540 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
49 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
11.2 GT/s
Texture fill rate
78.4 billion/sec
268.8 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,981 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
960
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
no data
Boost clock speed
1033 MHz
585 million
Number of transistors
2,540 million
49 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
140 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
None
Supplementary power connectors
One 6-pin
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
192-bit GDDR5
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
144.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
no data
Multi monitor support
4 displays
no data
HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
3D Gaming
+
no data
FXAA
+
no data
TXAA
+
no data
Adaptive VSync
+
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.3
no data
Vulkan
1.1.126
no data
Shader Model
5.1
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Cheaper ($102 (1.7x MSRP) vs $321 (1.4x MSRP))

Less power consumption (49 Watt vs 140 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

14.6% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (960 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (144.2 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660