NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A vs NVIDIA GRID K2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A and NVIDIA GRID K2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

NVIDIA GRID K2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 745 MHz
6.8x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11927 vs 10581

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 11 May 2013
Core clock speed	938 MHz vs 745 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11927 vs 10581

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K2

19.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.01 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 2x 1536 vs 96
12.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,289 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2737 vs 574
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 319 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1536 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2x 2,289 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2737 vs 574
PassMark - G2D Mark	319 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

574

2737

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

319

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11927

10581

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A	NVIDIA GRID K2
PassMark - G3D Mark	574	2737
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	319
Geekbench - OpenCL	11927	10581
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		968.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.58
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		114.144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		312
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		312

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A	NVIDIA GRID K2
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GF117	GK104
Launch date	1 July 2014	11 May 2013
Place in performance rating	966	967
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$5,199
Technical info
Core clock speed	938 MHz	745 MHz
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops	2x 2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	96	2x 1536
Texture fill rate	15.01 GTexel / s	2x 95.36 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	2x 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5