NVIDIA GeForce 720A vs ATI FireGL V5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 720A and ATI FireGL V5600 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

ATI FireGL V5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 15.01 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Around 88% better floating-point performance: 360.2 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 89 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 577 vs 341

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	938 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.01 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 89 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	577 vs 341

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5600

Around 25% higher pipelines: 120 vs 96
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 253

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	120 vs 96
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	445 vs 253

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 720A
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

253

445

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

577

341

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 720A	ATI FireGL V5600
PassMark - G2D Mark	253	445
PassMark - G3D Mark	577	341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2204
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2204

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 720A	ATI FireGL V5600
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF117	RV630
Launch date	1 July 2014	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	642	645
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	938 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	120
Texture fill rate	15.01 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR4