GeForce GT 420 OEM vs GeForce GT 730

GeForce GT 420 OEM
Memory: 1048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Sep 2010
GeForce GT 420 OEM
GeForce GT 730
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2014
GeForce GT 730

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 420 OEM

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 730

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 730

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 730

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 420 OEMGeForce GT 730
GPU NameGF108 (GF108-200-A1)vsGF108 (GF108-400-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size116 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors585 millionvs585 million
Shaders48vs96
Compute Units1vs2
Core clock700 MHzvs700 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs4vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 420 OEMGeForce GT 730
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 420 OEMGeForce GT 730
TDP50 wattsvs49 watts
Release Date3 Sep 2010vs18 Jun 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 420 OEM
    1.40 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 730
    2.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 420 OEM
    2.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 730
    11.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 420 OEM
    28.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 730
    28.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 420 OEM
    134.40 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 730
    268.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better