NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M vs NVIDIA NVS 510

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and NVIDIA NVS 510 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 5 month(s) later
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 56% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2609 vs 1677
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.901 vs 6.809
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 146.913 vs 111.269
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.587 vs 0.399
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.121 vs 3.385
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 22.755 vs 9.522
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 976
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2035 vs 1720
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 976
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2035 vs 1720
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 23 October 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2609 vs 1677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.901 vs 6.809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 146.913 vs 111.269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.587 vs 0.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.121 vs 3.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.755 vs 9.522
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 vs 976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2035 vs 1720
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 vs 976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2035 vs 1720

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 510

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 797 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 12.75 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 306.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 701 vs 462
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 290 vs 119
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1211 vs 1047
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1211 vs 1047
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 797 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.75 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 192 vs 96
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 701 vs 462
PassMark - G2D Mark 290 vs 119
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1211 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1211 vs 1047

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 510

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
462
701
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
119
290
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2609
1677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.901
6.809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
146.913
111.269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.587
0.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.121
3.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.755
9.522
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
1211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2570
976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2035
1720
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
1211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2570
976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2035
1720
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M NVIDIA NVS 510
PassMark - G3D Mark 462 701
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 290
Geekbench - OpenCL 2609 1677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.901 6.809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 146.913 111.269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.587 0.399
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.121 3.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.755 9.522
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1047 1211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2035 1720
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1047 1211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2035 1720

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M NVIDIA NVS 510

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Kepler
Code name GF117 GK107
Launch date 1 April 2013 23 October 2012
Place in performance rating 1437 1438
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $449

Technical info

Boost clock speed 938 MHz
Core clock speed 775 MHz 797 MHz
Floating-point performance 240.0 gflops 306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 96 192
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 12.75 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort
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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 160 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1782 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3

Technologies

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