NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE 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 GeForce 7500 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 475 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 12.75 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB or 1 GB vs 64 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 810 MHz
7.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 631 vs 85
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 208 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2014 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	797 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.75 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB or 1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 810 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	631 vs 85
PassMark - G2D Mark	208 vs 46

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

631

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720	NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	631	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	208	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	2224
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
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 GeForce 7500 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Curie
Code name	GK208B	G72
Launch date	29 September 2014	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$49
Place in performance rating	1590	1623
Price now	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	797 MHz	475 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	12.75 GTexel / s	3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count		112 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 VGA, 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 1.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB or 1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA