NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs AMD Radeon R5 230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 230 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

AMD Radeon R5 230

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
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
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 631 vs 222
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 895 vs 439
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 895 vs 439

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2014 vs 3 April 2014
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
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	631 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	895 vs 439
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	895 vs 439

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230

4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 208
Around 86% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4127 vs 2224
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 992 vs 280
4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2480 vs 519
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 992 vs 280
4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2480 vs 519

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	255 vs 208
Geekbench - OpenCL	4127 vs 2224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	992 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2480 vs 519
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	992 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2480 vs 519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

631

222

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

255

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2224

4127

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

895

439

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

992

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

2480

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

895

439

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

992

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

2480

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720	AMD Radeon R5 230
PassMark - G3D Mark	631	222
PassMark - G2D Mark	208	255
Geekbench - OpenCL	2224	4127
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	439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	280	992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	519	2480
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	895	439
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	280	992
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	519	2480
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720	AMD Radeon R5 230
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK208B	Caicos
Launch date	29 September 2014	3 April 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$49
Place in performance rating	1590	1319
Price now	$54.99	$50
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.44	6.10
Design		AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	797 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	19 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, 1x VGA
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	PCIe 1.0 x4
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	N / A
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB or 1 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)	10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
PowerPlay