NVIDIA GeForce 705A vs NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 705A 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 705A

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 33 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 15.01 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 360.2 gflops vs 148.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Core clock speed 938 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.01 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 48
Floating-point performance 360.2 gflops vs 148.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 705A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Name NVIDIA GeForce 705A NVIDIA GeForce 720A
PassMark - G2D Mark 304
PassMark - G3D Mark 614

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 705A NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GF119 GF117
Launch date 1 July 2014 1 July 2014
Place in performance rating not rated 506
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz 938 MHz
Floating-point performance 148.8 gflops 360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 48 96
Texture fill rate 6.2 GTexel / s 15.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3

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