NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M vs Intel HD Graphics 4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000 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 720M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
• Around 19% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 650 MHz
• 3x more texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
• 6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
• 7.1x better floating-point performance: 240.0 gflops vs 33.6 gflops
• Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 450 vs 347
• 4.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2612 vs 538
• Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 7.36
• Around 89% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 22.755 vs 12.009
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1047 vs 754
• Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 1492
• Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1047 vs 754
• Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 1492

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

• Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 938 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 119
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.712 vs 6.901
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 155.638 vs 146.913
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.931 vs 0.587
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2392 vs 2035
• Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2392 vs 2035

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	450 347
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	119 194
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2612 538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6.901 8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	146.913 155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.587 0.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10.121 7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	22.755 12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1047 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2570 1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2035 2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1047 754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2570 1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2035 2392

Compare specifications (specs)