ATI FireGL 8800 vs GeForce GT 730A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking903not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.06no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGK208R200
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 July 2014 (10 years ago)14 August 2001 (23 years ago)

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 cores384no data
Core clock speed719 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors915 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Wattno data
Texture fill rate23.012.400
Floating-point processing power0.5522 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs328

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 3.0 x8AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 GB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz290 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.02 GB/s9.28 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2014 14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

GT 730A has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 730A and FireGL 8800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 730A is a notebook card while FireGL 8800 is a workstation one.


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