Radeon Pro W5500X vs GeForce GT 730 OEM
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 345 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 7.42 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 10.79 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | GK107 | Navi 14 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 9 April 2015 (10 years ago) | 11 December 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $89 | $599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 902 MHz | 1187 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1757 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,270 million | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 64 Watt | 125 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 28.86 | 168.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6927 TFLOPS | 5.398 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 96 |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 2 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 145 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 40.1 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI | 2x HDMI 2.0b |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 April 2015 | 11 December 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 64 Watt | 125 Watt |
GT 730 OEM has 95.3% lower power consumption.
Pro W5500X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730 OEM and Radeon Pro W5500X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 730 OEM is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Pro W5500X is a workstation one.
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