GeForce 510 OEM vs GeForce GT 720

GeForce 510 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Sep 2011
GeForce 510 OEM
GeForce GT 720
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Sep 2014
GeForce GT 720

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce 510 OEM

Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 510 OEMGeForce GT 720
GPU NameGF119 ()vsGK208 ()
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size79 mm²vs87 mm²
Transistors292 millionvsunknown
Shaders48vs192
Compute Units1vs1
Core clock523 MHzvs797 MHz
ROPs4vs8
TMUs8vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce 510 OEMGeForce GT 720
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed898 MHz
1796 MHz effective
vs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 510 OEMGeForce GT 720
TDP25 wattsvs19 watts
Release Date29 Sep 2011vs29 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 510 OEM
    1.05 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    3.19 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 510 OEM
    4.18 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    12.75 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 510 OEM
    14.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    12.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 510 OEM
    100.40 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 720
    306.05 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better