GeForce GTX 670 vs GeForce GT 730 GDDR5

GeForce GTX 670
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 10 May 2012
GeForce GTX 670
GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2014
GeForce GT 730 GDDR5

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 670
    598%
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670

Around 498% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 730 GDDR5

132 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 670 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 670

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 670

The GeForce GTX 670 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 670GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-325-A2)vsGK208 ()
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs87 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvsunknown
Shaders1344vs384
Compute Units7vs2
Core clock915 MHzvs902 MHz
ROPs32vs8
TMUs112vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 670GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 670GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
TDP170 wattsvs38 watts
Release Date10 May 2012vs18 Jun 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 670
    25.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    7.22 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 670
    102.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    14.43 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 670
    192.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    40.10 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 670
    2460.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    692.70 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 670
    9330
  • GeForce GT 730 GDDR5
    1560

Points (higher is better)