NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 220 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 9 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 12.75 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 192 vs 80
  • 2.9x better floating-point performance: 306.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 631 vs 148
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 208 vs 110
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 895 vs 337
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 895 vs 337
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 September 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed 797 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 80
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 631 vs 148
PassMark - G2D Mark 208 vs 110
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 895 vs 337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 895 vs 337

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

  • Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 1066 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2761 vs 2224
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 583 vs 280
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1094 vs 519
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 583 vs 280
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1094 vs 519
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1066 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2761 vs 2224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 583 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1094 vs 519
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 583 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1094 vs 519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
631
148
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
208
110
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2224
2761
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
895
337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
280
583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
895
337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
280
583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
1094
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 631 148
PassMark - G2D Mark 208 110
Geekbench - OpenCL 2224 2761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 142.734
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) 895 337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 280 583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 519 1094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 895 337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 280 583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 519 1094
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 AMD Radeon R5 220 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GK208B Cedar
Launch date 29 September 2014 21 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $49
Place in performance rating 1590 1592
Price now $54.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.44

Technical info

Core clock speed 797 MHz 650 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 104.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 192 80
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s 5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 292 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, 1x VGA
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 1 GB
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 DDR3

Technologies

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