GeForce GT 730M vs GT 710

Place in performance ranking	904	825
Place by popularity	48	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	0.05
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GK208B	GK107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	27 March 2014 (10 years ago)	1 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$34.99	no data
Current price	$81 (2.3x MSRP)	$1000

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 730M has 25% better value for money than GT 710.

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	192	384
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	954 MHz	725 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	33 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	15.26	23.20
Floating-point performance	366.3 gflops	552.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 710 and GeForce GT 730M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	no data
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Standard memory configuration	no data	DDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	28.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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-DHDMIVGA	No outputs
Multi monitor support	3 displays	no data
eDP 1.2 signal support	no data	Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support	no data	Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support	no data	Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	Up to 3840x2160
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
HDCP content protection	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	no data	+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	no data	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support	no data	+
3D Vision	+	no data
PureVideo	+	no data
PhysX	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 API
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.126
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 710 1.63

GT 730M 2.10
+28.8%

GT 730M outperforms GT 710 by 29% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 710 630

GT 730M 814
+29.2%

GT 730M outperforms GT 710 by 29% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 710 947

GT 730M 1061
+12%

GT 730M outperforms GT 710 by 12% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 710 7270
+1.6%

GT 730M 7152

GT 710 outperforms GT 730M by 2% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GT 710 1922

GT 730M 3244
+68.8%

GT 730M outperforms GT 710 by 69% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

GT 710 70459

GT 730M 86656
+23%

GT 730M outperforms GT 710 by 23% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GT 710 1930

GT 730M 3025
+56.7%

GT 730M outperforms GT 710 by 57% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GT 710 1519

GT 730M 2459
+61.9%

GT 730M outperforms GT 710 by 62% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GT 710 6

GT 730M 6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	8 −175%	22 +175%
1440p	3 +0%	3−4 +0%
4K	7 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	5 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Hitman 3	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	4 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Hitman 3	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Metro Exodus	3 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Battlefield 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	4 +100%	2−3 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	1−2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how GT 710 and GT 730M compete in popular games:

GT 730M is 175% faster than GT 710 in 1080p
GT 730M is 0% faster than GT 710 in 1440p
GT 730M is 28.6% faster than GT 710 in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 710 is 400% faster than the GT 730M.
in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 730M is 200% faster than the GT 710.

All in all, in popular games: