AMD Radeon R7 M370 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M370 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A 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).

AMD Radeon R7 M370

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M370

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 23.04 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
2x better floating-point performance: 737.3 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1418 vs 574
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 676 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 1 July 2014
Texture fill rate	23.04 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Floating-point performance	737.3 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1418 vs 574
PassMark - G2D Mark	676 vs 212

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 900 MHz
2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11927 vs 6978

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	938 MHz vs 900 MHz
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11927 vs 6978

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M370
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1418

574

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

676

212

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6978

11927

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M370	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1418	574
PassMark - G2D Mark	676	212
Geekbench - OpenCL	6978	11927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	17.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	476.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.653
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	70.174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2449
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2449

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M370	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Litho	GF117
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	1 July 2014
Place in performance rating	948	949
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	960 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	737.3 gflops	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	96
Texture fill rate	23.04 GTexel / s	15.01 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	585 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore