NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs ATI Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 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 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 48 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB or 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 615 vs 244
  • 6.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 199 vs 30
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 September 2014 vs 10 September 2008
Core clock speed 797 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 48 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB or 1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 615 vs 244
PassMark - G2D Mark 199 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

  • Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 12.75 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
  • Around 25% better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
  • Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1891 vs 519
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1891 vs 519
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 19.2 GTexel / s vs 12.75 GTexel / s
Pipelines 320 vs 192
Floating-point performance 384.0 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1891 vs 519
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1891 vs 519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
615
244
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
199
30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
1891
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
1891
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 ATI Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark 615 244
PassMark - G2D Mark 199 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 2297
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 519 1891
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 519 1891
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 ATI Radeon HD 4650

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GK208B RV730
Launch date 29 September 2014 10 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $49
Place in performance rating 1593 1590
Price now $54.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.44

Technical info

Core clock speed 797 MHz 600 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 192 320
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s 19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 48 Watt
Transistor count 514 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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) 193 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB or 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5) 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

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