AMD Radeon R4 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R4 Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 3% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 775 MHz
• Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
• 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
• 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8386 vs 2612
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.612 vs 10.121

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

• Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
• Around 17% better floating-point performance: 240.0 gflops vs 204.8 gflops
• Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 450 vs 342
• Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 99
• Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.901 vs 4.721
• Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 146.913 vs 107.613
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.587 vs 0.445
• Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 22.755 vs 13.097
• Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1047 vs 701
• Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 1338
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2035 vs 1811
• Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1047 vs 701
• Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 1338
• Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2035 vs 1811

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	342 450
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	99 119
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	8386 2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.721 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	107.613 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.445 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.612 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	13.097 22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	701 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1338 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1811 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	701 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1338 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1811 2035

Compare specifications (specs)