GeForce GT 730 OEM vs GT 520

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	1105	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF119	GK107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	13 April 2011 (13 years ago)	9 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59	$89
Current price	$88 (1.5x MSRP)	$178 (2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	384
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	810 MHz	902 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	64 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion/sec	28.86
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops	762.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	145 mm
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB (DDR3)	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3)	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	40.1 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	+	3.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 April 2011	9 April 2015
Cost	$59	$89
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	64 Watt

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