GeForce GT 720M vs GeForce GTX 960M
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 720M |
| 42 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 960M . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960M |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 720M | | GeForce GTX 960M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF117 (N14M-GE) | vs | GM107 (N16P-GX-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 148 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | vs | 1,870 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 640 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 625 MHz | vs | 1097 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 40 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 720M | | GeForce GTX 960M | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 720M | | GeForce GTX 960M | |
|---|
| TDP | 33 watts | vs | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2013 | vs | 13 Mar 2015 |
GeForce GT 720M
2.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 960M
17.55 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 720M
10.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 960M
43.90 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 720M
12.80 GB/s
GeForce GTX 960M
80.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 720M
240.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 960M
1404.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better