GeForce GTX 770 vs GeForce GT 720

GeForce GTX 770
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 May 2013
GeForce GTX 770
GeForce GT 720
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Sep 2014
GeForce GT 720

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 770
    916%
  • GeForce GT 720
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 770

Around 816% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 720

211 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 770 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GTX 770

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 770

The GeForce GTX 770 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 720
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-425-A2)vsGK208 ()
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs87 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvsunknown
Shaders1536vs192
Compute Units8vs1
Core clock1046 MHzvs797 MHz
ROPs32vs8
TMUs128vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 720
Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
vs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 720
TDP230 wattsvs19 watts
Release Date30 May 2013vs29 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 770
    33.50 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    3.19 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 770
    134.00 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    12.75 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 770
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    12.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 770
    3213.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 720
    306.05 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 770
    11180
  • GeForce GT 720
    1220

Points (higher is better)