NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

GeForce GT 720 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 29 September 2014. At the time of release, the videocard cost $49. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Kepler 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GK208B.

Core clock speed - 797 MHz. Texture fill rate - 12.75 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 192. Floating-point performance - 306.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Power consumption (TDP) - 19 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3 / GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB or 1 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 900 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5).

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
613
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
200
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
2308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
4.418 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
142.734 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.395 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
8.158 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
17.317 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
895 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
280 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
519 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
895.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
280.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
519.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 613
PassMark - G2D Mark 200
Geekbench - OpenCL 2308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 4.418 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 142.734 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.395 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 8.158 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 17.317 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 895 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 280 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 519 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 895.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 280.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 519.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0
Code name GK208B
Launch date 29 September 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $49
Place in performance rating 1594
Price now $54.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.44

Technical info

Core clock speed 797 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 192
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Height 2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x8
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA