NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

800
Place in performance rating
715
7.68
Value for money (0-100)
13.08
Tesla
Architecture
Fermi
G92B
Code name
GF108
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
18 June 2014 (7 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$59.99
$117 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$102 (1.7x MSRP)
0.23
Value for money
1.29
G92B
GPU code name
GF108
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

128
Pipelines
96
738 MHz
Core clock speed
700 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
585 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
47.2 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
11.2 GT/s
387.1 gflops
Floating-point performance
268.8 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
128
CUDA cores
no data
128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
754 million
Number of transistors
585 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
49 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
Length
145 mm
6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1100 MHz
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
70.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
3.0
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

More pipelines (128 vs 96)

More memory bandwidth (70.4 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

0.91% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($102 (1.7x MSRP) vs $117 (0.6x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (49 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 730?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 730