NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

590
Place in performance rating
715
14.78
Value for money (0-100)
13.08
Tesla 2.0
Architecture
Fermi
GT200
Code name
GF108
Desktop
Type
Desktop
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
18 June 2014 (7 years ago)
$449
Launch price (MSRP)
$59.99
$112 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$102 (1.7x MSRP)
1.07
Value for money
1.29
GT200
GPU code name
GF108
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
96
576 MHz
Core clock speed
700 MHz
1,400 million
Transistor count
585 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
182 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
36.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
11.2 GT/s
476.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
268.8 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
192
CUDA cores
no data
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
1,400 million
Number of transistors
585 million
182 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 GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Length
145 mm
2x 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 GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR3
896 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
448 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
999 MHz
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
111.9 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 730, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVIHDTV
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 GTX 260 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 GTX 260 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)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 GTX 260 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 GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
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 GTX 260

1.98% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (192 vs 96)

More maximum RAM amount (896 MB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (111.9 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Cheaper ($102 (1.7x MSRP) vs $112 (0.2x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (49 Watt vs 182 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 730?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 performance benchmarks comparison

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