NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs AMD Radeon R7 240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R7 240 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 11 month(s) later
• 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 240

• Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 12.75 GTexel / s
• Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
• Around 63% better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB
• Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 900 MHz
• Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 902 vs 631
• Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 208
• 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5331 vs 2224
• 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 13.344 vs 4.418
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 290.632 vs 142.734
• 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.262 vs 0.395
• 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.59 vs 8.158
• 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 60.326 vs 17.317
• Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1688 vs 895
• 8.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2342 vs 280
• 6.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 519
• Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1688 vs 895
• 8.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2342 vs 280
• 6.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 240

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	631 902
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	208 274
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2224 5331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	4.418 13.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	142.734 290.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.395 1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.158 21.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	17.317 60.326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	895 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	280 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	519 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	895 1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	280 2342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	519 3353

Compare specifications (specs)