ATI Radeon X800 GTO vs GeForce GT 730

Place in the ranking	863	1333
Place by popularity	37	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.19	no data
Power efficiency	3.02	0.42
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name	GF108	R423
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 June 2014 (10 years ago)	29 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	96	no data
Core clock speed	700 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	160 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	49 Watt
Texture fill rate	11.2 GT/s	4.800
Floating-point processing power	0.2688 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	12
TMUs	16	12

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 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	350 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	22.4 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 2.16
+620%

ATI X800 GTO 0.30

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GT 730 833
+631%

ATI X800 GTO 114

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.16	0.30
Recency	18 June 2014	29 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm

GT 730 has a 620% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 730 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X800 GTO in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.