GeForce GT 730 vs GTX 1070 SLI Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile with GeForce GT 730, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5
41.20
+1807%

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile outperforms GT 730 by a whopping 1807% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking89823
Place by popularitynot in top-10017
Cost-effectiveness evaluation100.000.19
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGF108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (7 years ago)18 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$59.99
Current price$274 $77 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile has 52532% better value for money than GT 730.

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 cores409696
Core clock speed1443 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHzno data
Number of transistors14400 Million585 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data49 Watt
Texture fill rateno data11.2 GT/s
Floating-point performanceno data268.8 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GeForce GT 730 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+no 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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+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.

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile 41.20
+1807%
GT 730 2.16

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile outperforms GT 730 by 1807% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile 32969
+2718%
GT 730 1170

GTX 1070 SLI Mobile outperforms GT 730 by 2718% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD138
+1871%
7−8
−1871%
4K88
+2100%
4−5
−2100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1350−1400
+1749%
70−75
−1749%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1350−1400
+1775%
70−75
−1775%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1350−1400
+1801%
70−75
−1801%
Battlefield 5 2500−2550
+1794%
130−140
−1794%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1550−1600
+1767%
80−85
−1767%
Cyberpunk 2077 1350−1400
+1749%
70−75
−1749%
Far Cry 5 1650−1700
+1775%
85−90
−1775%
Far Cry New Dawn 1900−1950
+1763%
100−110
−1763%
Forza Horizon 4 2900−2950
+1783%
150−160
−1783%
Hitman 3 1600−1650
+1782%
85−90
−1782%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3200−3250
+1805%
160−170
−1805%
Metro Exodus 2200−2250
+1797%
110−120
−1797%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1850−1900
+1788%
95−100
−1788%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3100−3150
+1802%
160−170
−1802%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1900−1950
+1800%
100−105
−1800%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1350−1400
+1775%
70−75
−1775%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1350−1400
+1801%
70−75
−1801%
Battlefield 5 2500−2550
+1794%
130−140
−1794%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1550−1600
+1767%
80−85
−1767%
Cyberpunk 2077 1350−1400
+1749%
70−75
−1749%
Far Cry 5 1650−1700
+1775%
85−90
−1775%
Far Cry New Dawn 1900−1950
+1763%
100−110
−1763%
Forza Horizon 4 2900−2950
+1783%
150−160
−1783%
Hitman 3 1600−1650
+1782%
85−90
−1782%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3200−3250
+1805%
160−170
−1805%
Metro Exodus 2200−2250
+1797%
110−120
−1797%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1850−1900
+1788%
95−100
−1788%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3100−3150
+1802%
160−170
−1802%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3200−3250
+1805%
168
−1805%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1900−1950
+1800%
100−105
−1800%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1350−1400
+1775%
70−75
−1775%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1350−1400
+1801%
70−75
−1801%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1550−1600
+1767%
80−85
−1767%
Cyberpunk 2077 1350−1400
+1749%
70−75
−1749%
Far Cry 5 1650−1700
+1775%
85−90
−1775%
Forza Horizon 4 2900−2950
+1783%
150−160
−1783%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3200−3250
+1805%
160−170
−1805%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3100−3150
+1802%
160−170
−1802%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1900−1950
+1800%
100
−1800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1900−1950
+1800%
100−105
−1800%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1850−1900
+1788%
95−100
−1788%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1500−1550
+1775%
80−85
−1775%
Far Cry New Dawn 1850−1900
+1807%
95−100
−1807%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 850−900
+1789%
45−50
−1789%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 850−900
+1748%
45−50
−1748%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1200−1250
+1805%
60−65
−1805%
Cyberpunk 2077 600−650
+1665%
30−35
−1665%
Far Cry 5 1400−1450
+1767%
75−80
−1767%
Forza Horizon 4 1650−1700
+1797%
85−90
−1797%
Hitman 3 1000−1050
+1752%
50−55
−1752%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1700−1750
+1789%
90−95
−1789%
Metro Exodus 1450−1500
+1783%
75−80
−1783%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1900−1950
+1781%
100−110
−1781%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1150−1200
+1785%
60−65
−1785%
Watch Dogs: Legion 700−750
+1792%
35−40
−1792%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1350−1400
+1801%
70−75
−1801%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 800−850
+1805%
40−45
−1805%
Far Cry New Dawn 650−700
+1757%
35−40
−1757%
Hitman 3 600−650
+1665%
30−35
−1665%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1000−1050
+1787%
50−55
−1787%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 600−650
+1718%
30−35
−1718%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1350−1400
+1775%
72
−1775%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 500−550
+1686%
27−30
−1686%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 450−500
+1631%
24−27
−1631%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 500−550
+1752%
27−30
−1752%
Cyberpunk 2077 260−270
+1757%
14−16
−1757%
Far Cry 5 450−500
+1775%
24−27
−1775%
Forza Horizon 4 1100−1150
+1797%
55−60
−1797%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1000−1050
+1787%
50−55
−1787%
Metro Exodus 800−850
+1718%
40−45
−1718%
Watch Dogs: Legion 400−450
+1805%
21−24
−1805%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 700−750
+1792%
35−40
−1792%

This is how GTX 1070 SLI Mobile and GT 730 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 1871% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is 2100% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 41.20 2.16
Recency 16 August 2016 18 June 2014
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm

The GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 730 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce GT 730 is a desktop one.


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