The NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 has the GK208-302-B1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Kepler 2.0 architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Memory Size
1 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.253 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
5.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
40 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
64 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 clocks at 1.253 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 5.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Base Clock
0.902 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
0.902 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
No
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
TDP
38 W
120 W
Tjunction max
Unknown
98 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 6-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 is powered by -- connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 38 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Fan-Type
--
Radial
Fan 1
--
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 is equipped with a total of 0 -- main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Max. Displays
3
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
--
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
VGA
1
--
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Up to 3 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Max. resolution
3840x2160
4096x2160
DirectX
12 (11_1)
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 3840x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
h264
Decode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
No
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Length
--
241 mm
Width (Slots)
1 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 is connected to the system via PCIe 2.0 x 8 lanes and requires 1 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
Additional data
Additional data
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU Interface
PCIe 2.0 x 8
PCIe 3 x 16
Release date
Q2/2014
Q1/2015
Launch Price
59 $
199 $
Structure size
28 nm
28 nm
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The NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2014.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 came on the market in Q1/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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