GeForce GT 710 vs GeForce GT 720

GeForce GT 710
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Mar 2014
GeForce GT 710
GeForce GT 720
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Sep 2014
GeForce GT 720

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 710
    100%
  • GeForce GT 720
    109%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 710

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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

Around 9% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GT 710GeForce GT 720
GPU NameGK208 ()vsGK208 ()
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size87 mm²vs87 mm²
Transistorsunknownvsunknown
Shaders192vs192
Compute Units1vs1
Core clock954 MHzvs797 MHz
ROPs8vs8
TMUs16vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 710GeForce GT 720
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 710GeForce GT 720
TDP19 wattsvs19 watts
Release Date27 Mar 2014vs29 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 710
    3.82 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    3.19 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 710
    15.26 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    12.75 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

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

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 710
    366.30 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 720
    306.05 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 710
    1110
  • GeForce GT 720
    1220

Points (higher is better)