NVS 315 vs GeForce GT 730

Place in performance ranking	819	1084
Place by popularity	17	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.19	0.02
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF108	GF119
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	18 June 2014 (9 years ago)	10 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99	$159
Current price	$77 (1.3x MSRP)	$213 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 730 has 850% better value for money than NVS 315.

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	96	48
Core clock speed	700 MHz	523 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	11.2 GT/s	4.184
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops	100.4 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	145 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	14 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DMS-59
HDMI	+	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	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	2.1

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 730 2.15
+142%

NVS 315 0.89

GeForce GT 730 outperforms NVS 315 by 142% 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 730 834
+141%

NVS 315 346

GeForce GT 730 outperforms NVS 315 by 141% in Passmark.

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 730 2914
+230%

NVS 315 883

GeForce GT 730 outperforms NVS 315 by 230% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.