GeForce GT 730M vs GTX 950

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 950 with GeForce GT 730M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 950
2015
2 GB GDDR5, 90 Watt
13.85
+556%

GTX 950 outperforms GT 730M by a whopping 556% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking376872
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.75no data
Power efficiency10.554.38
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGM206GK107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 August 2015 (9 years ago)20 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores768384
Core clock speed1024 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed1188 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,940 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt33 Watt
Texture fill rate57.0223.20
Floating-point processing power1.825 TFLOPS0.5568 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4832

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length202 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)350 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 amount2 GB2 GB
Standard memory configurationno dataDDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed6.6 GB/s900 MHz
Memory bandwidth105.6 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2No outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
eDP 1.2 signal supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
LVDS signal supportno dataUp to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display supportno dataUp to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
HDMI++
HDCP+-
HDCP content protection-+
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI-+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming-+

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support-+
GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 API
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA++

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.

GTX 950 13.85
+556%
GT 730M 2.11

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.

GTX 950 5337
+556%
GT 730M 813

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 950 8351
+385%
GT 730M 1722

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.

GTX 950 6208
+485%
GT 730M 1061

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 950 37454
+424%
GT 730M 7152

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.

GTX 950 16715
+417%
GT 730M 3230

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 950 15899
+426%
GT 730M 3025

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 950 15806
+543%
GT 730M 2459

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 950 41
+583%
GT 730M 6

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 HD50
+127%
22
−127%
4K21
+600%
3−4
−600%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.18no data
4K7.57no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+357%
7−8
−357%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+2150%
2−3
−2150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+367%
6−7
−367%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+900%
9−10
−900%
Hitman 3 24−27
+271%
7−8
−271%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+294%
18−20
−294%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+350%
10−11
−350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+108%
35−40
−108%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+357%
7−8
−357%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+2150%
2−3
−2150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+367%
6−7
−367%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+900%
9−10
−900%
Hitman 3 24−27
+271%
7−8
−271%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+294%
18−20
−294%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+557%
7−8
−557%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+350%
10−11
−350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 108
+800%
12−14
−800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+108%
35−40
−108%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+357%
7−8
−357%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+633%
3−4
−633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+367%
6−7
−367%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+900%
9−10
−900%
Hitman 3 24−27
+271%
7−8
−271%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+294%
18−20
−294%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+350%
10−11
−350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
+75%
12−14
−75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+108%
35−40
−108%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+600%
10−11
−600%
Hitman 3 16−18
+143%
7−8
−143%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+367%
6−7
−367%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+617%
12−14
−617%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Hitman 3 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+580%
10−11
−580%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
+1200%
1−2
−1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%

This is how GTX 950 and GT 730M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 950 is 127% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 950 is 600% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 950 is 2150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 950 surpassed GT 730M in all 54 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.85 2.11
Recency 20 August 2015 20 January 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 33 Watt

GTX 950 has a 556.4% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.

GT 730M, on the other hand, has 172.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 950 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 730M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 950 is a desktop card while GeForce GT 730M is a notebook one.


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