NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A vs NVIDIA Quadro K2000D

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A and NVIDIA Quadro K2000D 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 Quadro K2000D

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 55% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 51 Watt
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11927 vs 3971

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2014 vs 1 March 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 51 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	11927 vs 3971

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2000D

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 938 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 30.53 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
2x better floating-point performance: 732.7 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1591 vs 574
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 407 vs 212

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 938 MHz
Texture fill rate	30.53 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Floating-point performance	732.7 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1591 vs 574
PassMark - G2D Mark	407 vs 212

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K2000D

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

574

1591

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

407

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11927

3971

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A	NVIDIA Quadro K2000D
PassMark - G3D Mark	574	1591
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	407
Geekbench - OpenCL	11927	3971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		386.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.605
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		31.155
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2646
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3493
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2646
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3493
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3339

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A	NVIDIA Quadro K2000D
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GF117	GK107
Launch date	1 July 2014	1 March 2013
Place in performance rating	966	969
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$464
Value for money (0-100)		4.14
Technical info
Core clock speed	938 MHz	954 MHz
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops	732.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	96	384
Texture fill rate	15.01 GTexel / s	30.53 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	51 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		202 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5