NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M vs NVIDIA NVS 5400M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and NVIDIA NVS 5400M 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 10 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 660 MHz
  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
  • 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
  • Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2610 vs 2085
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.901 vs 5.068
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 22.755 vs 19.696
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2570 vs 1652
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2570 vs 1652
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2610 vs 2085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.901 vs 5.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.755 vs 19.696
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 vs 1652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 vs 1652

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5400M

  • 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 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 625 vs 459
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 187 vs 119
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 229.562 vs 146.913
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.635 vs 0.587
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 11.384 vs 10.121
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1069 vs 1047
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2282 vs 2035
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1069 vs 1047
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2282 vs 2035
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 625 vs 459
PassMark - G2D Mark 187 vs 119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 229.562 vs 146.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.635 vs 0.587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.384 vs 10.121
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1069 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2282 vs 2035
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1069 vs 1047
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2282 vs 2035

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 5400M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
459
625
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
119
187
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2610
2085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.901
5.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
146.913
229.562
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
11.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.755
19.696
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2570
1652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2035
2282
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1047
1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2570
1652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2035
2282
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M NVIDIA NVS 5400M
PassMark - G3D Mark 459 625
PassMark - G2D Mark 119 187
Geekbench - OpenCL 2610 2085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.901 5.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 146.913 229.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.587 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.121 11.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.755 19.696
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1047 1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2570 1652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2035 2282
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1047 1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2570 1652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2035 2282

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M NVIDIA NVS 5400M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi
Code name GF117 GF108
Launch date 1 April 2013 1 June 2012
Place in performance rating 1443 1444
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 938 MHz
Core clock speed 775 MHz 660 MHz
Floating-point performance 240.0 gflops 253.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 96
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 585 million

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

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 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 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 Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11