AMD Radeon R7 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 16.46 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 526.8 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • 8.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22612 vs 2612
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 15.145 vs 6.901
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 206.354 vs 146.913
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.2 vs 0.587
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.15 vs 10.121
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 85.46 vs 22.755
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1979 vs 1047
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2035
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 May 2016 vs 1 April 2013
Texture fill rate 16.46 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 526.8 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 22612 vs 2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.145 vs 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 206.354 vs 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.2 vs 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.15 vs 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.46 vs 22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1979 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2035

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

  • 3.9x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 938 MHz vs 758 MHz
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 2101
  • 31.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1047 vs 33.5
  • 75.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 33.9
  • 33.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2035 vs 60
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 200 MHz
Boost clock speed 938 MHz vs 758 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 vs 2101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1047 vs 33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 vs 33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2035 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
22612
2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.145
6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
206.354
146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.2
0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.15
10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
85.46
22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1979
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2101
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.5
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.9
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60
2035
Name AMD Radeon R7 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
Geekbench - OpenCL 22612 2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.145 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 206.354 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.2 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.15 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.46 22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1979 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2101 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33.5 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 33.9 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 60 2035
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1457
PassMark - G3D Mark 450
PassMark - G2D Mark 119

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Wani GF117
Launch date 31 May 2016 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1435 1438
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 758 MHz 938 MHz
Core clock speed 200 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 526.8 gflops 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 96
Texture fill rate 16.46 GTexel / s 12.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 2,410 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3

Technologies

Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus