GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GT 720

GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jan 2011
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GeForce GT 720
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Sep 2014
GeForce GT 720

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    381%
  • GeForce GT 720
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Around 281% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

151 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 560 Ti .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 560 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 560 Ti

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GT 720
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-400-A1)vsGK208 ()
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs87 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvsunknown
Shaders384vs192
Compute Units8vs1
Core clock823 MHzvs797 MHz
ROPs32vs8
TMUs64vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GT 720
Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GT 720
TDP170 wattsvs19 watts
Release Date25 Jan 2011vs29 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    13.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    3.19 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    52.70 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    12.75 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    128.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 720
    12.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    1263.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 720
    306.05 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    4660
  • GeForce GT 720
    1220

Points (higher is better)