NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM 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 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 12.75 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 192 vs 48
  • Around 97% better floating-point performance: 306.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.418 vs 2.756
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 895 vs 637
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 895 vs 637
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 September 2014 vs 2 April 2012
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 48
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB or 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.418 vs 2.756
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 895 vs 637
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 895 vs 637

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 797 MHz
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1796 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1148 vs 280
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1364 vs 519
  • 4.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1148 vs 280
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1364 vs 519
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 797 MHz
Memory clock speed 1796 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1148 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1364 vs 519
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1148 vs 280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1364 vs 519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.418
2.756
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
895
637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
280
1148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
1364
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
895
637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
280
1148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
1364
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 615
PassMark - G2D Mark 199
Geekbench - OpenCL 2297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.418 2.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 142.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.395 0
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) 895 637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 280 1148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 519 1364
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 895 637
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 280 1148
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 519 1364
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GK208B GF119
Launch date 29 September 2014 2 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $49
Place in performance rating 1593 1596
Price now $54.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.44

Technical info

Core clock speed 797 MHz 810 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 155.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 192 48
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s 6.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 30 Watt
Transistor count 292 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 HDMI, 1x VGA
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) 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

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 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5) 14.37 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1796 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5 DDR3

Technologies

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