GeForce GT 550M vs GeForce GT 730

GeForce GT 550M
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 5 Jan 2011
GeForce GT 550M
GeForce GT 730
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2014
GeForce GT 730

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 550M

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 550MGeForce GT 730
GPU NameGF108 (N12P-GT1-A1)vsGF108 (GF108-400-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size116 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors585 millionvs585 million
Shaders96vs96
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock740 MHzvs700 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs16vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 550MGeForce GT 730
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 550MGeForce GT 730
TDP35 wattsvs49 watts
Release Date5 Jan 2011vs18 Jun 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 550M
    2.96 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 730
    2.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 550M
    11.84 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 730
    11.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 550M
    28.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 730
    28.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 550M
    284.16 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 730
    268.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better