GeForce GTX 460 v2 vs GeForce GT 720
Summary
GeForce GTX 460 v2
311%
GeForce GT 720
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 v2 |
| Around 211% higher average synthetic performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 141 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 v2 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460 v2
The GeForce GTX 460 v2 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 460 v2 | | GeForce GT 720 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (GF114-400-A1) | vs | GK208 () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | vs | 87 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | vs | unknown |
| Shaders | 336 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 778 MHz | vs | 797 MHz |
| ROPs | 24 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 460 v2 | | GeForce GT 720 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 460 v2 | | GeForce GT 720 | |
|---|
| TDP | 160 watts | vs | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 24 Sep 2011 | vs | 29 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GTX 460 v2
10.90 GP/s
GeForce GT 720
3.19 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460 v2
43.60 GT/s
GeForce GT 720
12.75 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460 v2
96.20 GB/s
GeForce GT 720
12.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460 v2
1046.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 720
306.05 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460 v2
3800
GeForce GT 720
1220
Points (higher is better)