NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 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
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 65 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2612 vs 2473
- Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.901 vs 6.498
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 146.913 vs 140.06
- Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.587 vs 0.502
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 9.613
- Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 22.755 vs 12.49
- Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 1853
- Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 1853
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 1 April 2013 vs 15 May 2012 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt vs 65 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2612 vs 2473 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 6.901 vs 6.498 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 146.913 vs 140.06 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.587 vs 0.502 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 10.121 vs 9.613 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 22.755 vs 12.49 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2570 vs 1853 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2570 vs 1853 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
- Around 5% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 775 MHz
- Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 12.96 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
- Around 30% better floating-point performance: 311.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
- Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
- Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 681 vs 450
- Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 119
- Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1151 vs 1047
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2073 vs 2035
- Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1151 vs 1047
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2073 vs 2035
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 810 MHz vs 775 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 12.96 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 311.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 681 vs 450 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 225 vs 119 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1151 vs 1047 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2073 vs 2035 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1151 vs 1047 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2073 vs 2035 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 450 | 681 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 119 | 225 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 2612 | 2473 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 6.901 | 6.498 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 146.913 | 140.06 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.587 | 0.502 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 10.121 | 9.613 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 22.755 | 12.49 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1047 | 1151 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2570 | 1853 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2035 | 2073 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1047 | 1151 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2570 | 1853 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2035 | 2073 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 170 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 | |
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| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Fermi |
| Code name | GF117 | GF108 |
| Launch date | 1 April 2013 | 15 May 2012 |
| Place in performance rating | 1438 | 1440 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $99.99 | |
| Price now | $99.21 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 8.89 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 938 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 775 MHz | 810 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 240.0 gflops | 311.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 96 | 96 |
| Texture fill rate | 12.4 GTexel / s | 12.96 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Transistor count | 585 million | 585 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 2560x1600 | |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 2560x1600 | |
| HDCP content protection | ||
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| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Length | 145 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 API | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB / s | 28.8 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory configuration | DDR3 | |
Technologies |
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| CUDA | ||
| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
