NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM 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 GT 720

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 2.6x more texture fill rate: 12.75 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 192 vs 160
  • Around 53% better floating-point performance: 306.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 631 vs 224
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 208 vs 145
  • 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2224 vs 635
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 142.734 vs 99.563
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 895 vs 443
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 895 vs 443
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 September 2014 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed 797 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 160
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 631 vs 224
PassMark - G2D Mark 208 vs 145
Geekbench - OpenCL 2224 vs 635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 142.734 vs 99.563
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 895 vs 443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 895 vs 443

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 19 Watt
  • Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 1066 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 919 vs 280
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1626 vs 519
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 919 vs 280
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1626 vs 519
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 19 Watt
Memory clock speed 1066 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 919 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1626 vs 519
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 919 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1626 vs 519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
631
224
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
208
145
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2224
635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
142.734
99.563
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
895
443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
280
919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
895
443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
280
919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
1626
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 631 224
PassMark - G2D Mark 208 145
Geekbench - OpenCL 2224 635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 142.734 99.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 895 443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 280 919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 519 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 895 443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 280 919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 519 1626
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GK208B Caicos
Launch date 29 September 2014 5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $49
Place in performance rating 1590 1523
Price now $54.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.44

Technical info

Core clock speed 797 MHz 625 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 192 160
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 18 Watt
Transistor count 370 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Height 2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB or 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5) 8.528 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1066 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA