ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5
vs
MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 and the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 and has 384 texture shaders and 2 execution units.

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU), which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 GPU MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 Based on AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU)
GK208-302-B1 GPU Chip Polaris 20 XT
Kepler 2.0 Architecture GCN 4
2 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
384 Shader 2304
8 Render Output Units 32
32 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 40 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

2 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.253 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
5.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
40 GB/s Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 clocks in the base with up to 0.706 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is 1.257 GHz.

0.706 GHz Base Clock 1.257 GHz
0.732 GHz Boost Clock 1.340 GHz
0.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
No Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 is 38 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G has a TDP of 185 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

38 W TDP 185 W
-- TDP (up) --
Unknown Tjunction max 90 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 has a total of 0 -- fans.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Passive cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

3 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v1.4b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.0b
-- DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
1 VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 supports a maximum resolution of 3840x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

3840x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12 (11_1) DirectX 12
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 is 167 mm long, 69 mm high and 17 mm wide.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G is 269 mm long, 125 mm high and 38 mm wide.

167 mm Length 269 mm
69 mm Height 125 mm
17 mm Width 38 mm
1 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 2.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 was released in Q2/2014 at a price of 59 $.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 229 $.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2014 Release date Q3/2018
59 $ Launch Price 229 $
28 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G
8 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G
8 GB GDDR5
58 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G
8 GB GDDR5
83 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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