AMD Radeon R7 M440 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M440 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon R7 M440

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M440

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1021 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 20.42 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
2.7x better floating-point performance: 653.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 897 vs 450
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 170 vs 119
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1935 vs 1047
Around 85% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1935 vs 1047
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2537 vs 2035
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2537 vs 2035
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5598 vs 2612

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed	1021 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.42 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 96
Floating-point performance	653.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	897 vs 450
PassMark - G2D Mark	170 vs 119
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1935 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1935 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2537 vs 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2537 vs 2035
Geekbench - OpenCL	5598 vs 2612

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 2067
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 2067

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2570 vs 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2570 vs 2067

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M440
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

897

450

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

119

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1935

1047

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1935

1047

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2067

2570

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2067

2570

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2537

2035

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2537

2035

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5598

2612

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M440	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
PassMark - G3D Mark	897	450
PassMark - G2D Mark	170	119
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1935	1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1935	1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2067	2570
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2067	2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2537	2035
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2537	2035
Geekbench - OpenCL	5598	2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		22.755

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M440	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Meso	GF117
Launch date	15 May 2016	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	1112	1438
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1021 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	653.4 gflops	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	96
Texture fill rate	20.42 GTexel / s	12.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	585 million
Boost clock speed		938 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
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	PCIe 3.0 x8	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
Vulkan
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3
Technologies
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus