In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GT 730 v3 Zotac 4GB Edition are very slightly better than the Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop.

The GT 730 has a 350 MHz higher core clock speed and 8 more Texture Mapping Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the GT 730 providing 8.4 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.

The GT 730 has a 350 MHz higher core clock speed than the Graphics 510 and the same number of Render Output Units. This results in the GT 730 providing 1.4 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.

The Graphics 510 was released over a year more recently than the GT 730, and so the Graphics 510 is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GT 730.

The GT 730 has 4096 MB video memory, but the Graphics 510 does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.

The HD Graphics 510 Desktop has 12 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GT 730 v3 Zotac 4GB Edition has 96. However, the actual shader performance of the Graphics 510 is 101 and the actual shader performance of the GT 730 is 134. The GT 730 having 33 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the Graphics 510 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.

The Graphics 510 transistor size technology is 26 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GT 730. This means that the Graphics 510 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GT 730. While they exhibit similar graphical performance, the Graphics 510 should consume less power than the GT 730.

The HD Graphics 510 Desktop requires 47 Watts to run and the GeForce GT 730 v3 Zotac 4GB Edition requires 49 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the Graphics 510 and a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the GT 730. The GT 730 requires 2 Watts more than the Graphics 510 to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GT 730 to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Graphics 510.