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
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon R7 Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Interface | IGP | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12 API |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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| Direct Compute | ||
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| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||

