GeForce 710M vs GeForce GT 720

GeForce 710M
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3MOBILE
Release date: 24 Jul 2013
GeForce 710M
GeForce GT 720
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Sep 2014
GeForce GT 720

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce 710M
    100%
  • GeForce GT 720
    111%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce 710M

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 720

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 11% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 720

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 720

The GeForce GT 720 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 710MGeForce GT 720
GPU NameGK208 ()vsGK208 ()
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size87 mm²vs87 mm²
Transistorsunknownvsunknown
Shaders192vs192
Compute Units2vs1
Core clock719 MHzvs797 MHz
ROPs8vs8
TMUs16vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce 710MGeForce GT 720
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 710MGeForce GT 720
TDP15 wattsvs19 watts
Release Date24 Jul 2013vs29 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 710M
    5.75 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    3.19 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 710M
    11.50 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    12.75 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 710M
    14.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    12.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 710M
    276.10 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 720
    306.05 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce 710M
    1090
  • GeForce GT 720
    1220

Points (higher is better)