GeForce FX Go5250 vs GT 730

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking823not rated
Place by popularity17not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGF108NV34 A1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 June 2014 (10 years ago)1 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59.99 no data
Current price$77 (1.3x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores96no data
Core clock speed700 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors585 million45 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Wattno data
Texture fill rate11.2 GT/s1.000
Floating-point performance268.8 gflopsno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0a
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 June 2014 1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730 and GeForce FX Go5250. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
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