NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs NVIDIA GRID K340

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and NVIDIA GRID K340 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

NVIDIA GRID K340

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
11.8x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 225 Watt

Launch date	29 September 2014 vs 23 July 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 225 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K340

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 797 MHz
33.8x more texture fill rate: 4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.75 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 4x 384 vs 192
9.5x better floating-point performance: 4x 729.6 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 4x 1 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.822 vs 4.418
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 411.582 vs 142.734
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.116 vs 0.395
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 21.441 vs 8.158
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 36.699 vs 17.317

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 797 MHz
Texture fill rate	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.75 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4x 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	4x 729.6 gflops vs 306.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4x 1 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.822 vs 4.418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	411.582 vs 142.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.116 vs 0.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.441 vs 8.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	36.699 vs 17.317

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K340

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.418

10.822

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

142.734

411.582

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.395

1.116

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8.158

21.441

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.317

36.699

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720	NVIDIA GRID K340
PassMark - G3D Mark	612
PassMark - G2D Mark	200
Geekbench - OpenCL	2376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.418	10.822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	142.734	411.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.395	1.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.158	21.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	17.317	36.699
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	519
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	519
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720	NVIDIA GRID K340
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GK208B	GK107
Launch date	29 September 2014	23 July 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	$3,299
Place in performance rating	1594	1595
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	15.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	797 MHz	950 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	306.0 gflops	4x 729.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	192	4x 384
Texture fill rate	12.75 GTexel / s	4x 30.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count		1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA	No outputs
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 3.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB or 1 GB	4x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)	4x 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	4x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA