In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel HD Graphics 610 are noticeably better than the Nvidia GeForce GT 730 v3 Gigabyte 2GB Edition.

The GT 730 has a 350 MHz higher core clock speed but 8 fewer Texture Mapping Units than the HD Graphics 610. The lower TMU count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the GT 730 manages to provide 2.8 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 and 1 more Render Output Units than the HD Graphics 610. This results in the GT 730 providing 1.7 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 HD Graphics 610 was released over a year more recently than the GT 730, and so the HD Graphics 610 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 2048 MB video memory, but the HD Graphics 610 does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.

The HD Graphics 610 has 192 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GT 730 v3 Gigabyte 2GB Edition has 96. However, the actual shader performance of the HD Graphics 610 is 1613 and the actual shader performance of the GT 730 is 134. The HD Graphics 610 having 1479 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the HD Graphics 610 delivers a marginally smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GT 730.

The HD Graphics 610 transistor size technology is 26 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GT 730. This means that the HD Graphics 610 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GT 730.

The HD Graphics 610 requires 15 Watts to run and the GeForce GT 730 v3 Gigabyte 2GB Edition requires 49 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the GT 730, but we do not have a recommended PSU wattage for the HD Graphics 610. The GT 730 requires 34 Watts more than the HD Graphics 610 to run. The difference is significant enough that the GT 730 may have a slight adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the HD Graphics 610.