HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) vs GeForce GT 730
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 730 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 730
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | GeForce GT 730 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Skylake GT2 () | vs | GF108 (GF108-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 49 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 192 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 300 MHz | vs | 700 MHz |
| ROPs | 3 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | GeForce GT 730 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | GeForce GT 730 | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 49 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Sep 2015 | vs | 18 Jun 2014 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better