NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A and NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 938 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 40% better floating-point performance: 360.2 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 69 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11927 vs 11231

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 2 February 2010
Core clock speed	938 MHz vs 550 MHz
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops vs 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 69 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11927 vs 11231

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 738 vs 574
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	738 vs 574
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

574

738

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

242

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11927

11231

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	574	738
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	242
Geekbench - OpenCL	11927	11231
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3974

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF117	GT215
Launch date	1 July 2014	2 February 2010
Place in performance rating	949	952
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	938 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	96
Texture fill rate	15.01 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3