NVIDIA GeForce 920M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920M 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • Around 24% better floating-point performance: 297.6 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 716 vs 450
  • Around 42% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3722 vs 2612
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.358 vs 6.901
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 157.606 vs 146.913
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.843 vs 0.587
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 15.374 vs 10.121
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 40.443 vs 22.755
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1598 vs 1047
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3636 vs 2570
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2035
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1598 vs 1047
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3636 vs 2570
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2035
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 775 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 716 vs 450
Geekbench - OpenCL 3722 vs 2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.358 vs 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.606 vs 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.843 vs 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.374 vs 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.443 vs 22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636 vs 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636 vs 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 2035

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
716
450
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
119
119
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3722
2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.358
6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
157.606
146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.843
0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.374
10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.443
22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3636
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3636
2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
2035
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920M NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
PassMark - G3D Mark 716 450
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 119
Geekbench - OpenCL 3722 2612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.358 6.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.606 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.843 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.374 10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.443 22.755
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636 2570
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 2035
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920M NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GK208B GF117
Launch date 13 March 2015 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 1297 1438
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 96
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 12.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 585 million
Boost clock speed 938 MHz

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

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
Blu-Ray 3D Support
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder