AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce 720A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 938 MHz
143.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.01 GTexel / s
53.3x more pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 96
28.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 2 GB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Launch date	3 September 2015 vs 1 July 2014
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 938 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

17.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 580 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 580 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128
PassMark - G2D Mark		304
PassMark - G3D Mark		614

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Grenada	GF117
Launch date	3 September 2015	1 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399
Place in performance rating	246	502
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2560	96
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	15.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3