NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 938 MHz vs 753 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2621 vs 2565
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.901 vs 5.332
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1047 vs 800
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 1833
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1047 vs 800
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 1833
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 22 March 2012
Boost clock speed 938 MHz vs 753 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2621 vs 2565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.901 vs 5.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.755 vs 22.728
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1047 vs 800
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 vs 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1047 vs 800
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 vs 1833

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 144 vs 96
  • Around 6% better floating-point performance: 253.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 457
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 119
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 205.545 vs 146.913
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.635 vs 0.587
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.932 vs 10.121
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2418 vs 2035
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2418 vs 2035
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 144 vs 96
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 554 vs 457
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 vs 119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 205.545 vs 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.635 vs 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.932 vs 10.121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2418 vs 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2418 vs 2035

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
457
554
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
119
171
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2621
2565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.901
5.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
146.913
205.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.587
0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.121
10.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.755
22.728
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
800
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2570
1833
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2035
2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
800
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2570
1833
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2035
2418
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
PassMark - G3D Mark 457 554
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 171
Geekbench - OpenCL 2621 2565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.901 5.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 146.913 205.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.587 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.121 10.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.755 22.728
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1047 800
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2035 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1047 800
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2035 2418

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GF117 GF116
Launch date 1 April 2013 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 1446 1449
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 938 MHz 753 MHz
Core clock speed 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 240.0 gflops 253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 144
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores Up to 144

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0 PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized large

API support

DirectX 12 API 12 API
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3

Technologies

Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11