NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 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 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 192 vs 64
Around 47% better floating-point performance: 306.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
5.1x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 613 vs 488
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 200 vs 46
9.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.418 vs 0.465
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 280 vs 127
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 280 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2014 vs 21 February 2008
Pipelines	192 vs 64
Floating-point performance	306.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	613 vs 488
PassMark - G2D Mark	200 vs 46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.418 vs 0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	280 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	280 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

2x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 12.75 GTexel / s
6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 519
6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 519

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 797 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 12.75 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 519
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

613

488

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

200

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.418

0.465

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

280

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

3161

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	613	488
PassMark - G2D Mark	200	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	2308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.418	0.465
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	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	519	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	280	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	519	3161
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GK208B	G94
Launch date	29 September 2014	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	$179
Place in performance rating	1594	1591
Price now	$54.99	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.44	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	797 MHz	1625 MHz
CUDA cores	192	64
Floating-point performance	306.0 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	192	64
Texture fill rate	12.75 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count		505 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB or 1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
SLI